Editing Apollo 5 (section)

==Equipment==
[[File:Apollo 5 on pad.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A rocket sits on a launchpad|Apollo 5's [[Saturn IB]] on the launchpad]]
Apollo&nbsp;5 was launched into orbit by the Saturn&nbsp;IB, designated SA-204R, which had been assigned to Apollo&nbsp;1. Originally brought to Cape Kennedy in August 1966, it had survived the fire unscathed, having been inspected after the fire for corrosion or other damage.{{sfn|Orloff & Harland 2006|p=139}}{{sfn|Brooks 1979|p=241}}{{sfn|Press Kit|p=20}} Ignition weight for the launch vehicle, including the spacecraft and propellant, was {{convert|1299434|lb|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Press Kit|p=19}}

The [[space vehicle]] for this mission was {{convert|55|m|sp=us}} tall but had a stubby appearance since it had neither a CSM nor a launch escape system. Instead, the LM was housed within the spacecraft-lunar module adapter (SLA) at the top of the vehicle stack.{{sfn|Brooks 1979|p=241}} The SLA, numbered as SLA-7,<ref name = "hardware">{{cite web|title=Apollo/Skylab ASTP and Shuttle Orbiter Major End Items|date=March 1978|url=https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6473665/Apollo-Skylab-ASTP-and-Shuttle-Orbiter-Major-End.pdf|publisher=[[NASA]]|page=10}}</ref> was just below the nose cap in the stack, and had four panels that would open once the nose cap was jettisoned in orbit, allowing the LM room to separate and move away.{{sfn|Press Kit|pp=9–10}}

The LM, designated as LM-1, was the first flight-ready Apollo lunar module. To save weight, and because they would not be necessary during the test mission, LM-1 had no landing legs.<ref name = "legs">{{cite web|title=50 Years Ago: The Apollo Lunar Module|access-date=September 11, 2021|date=January 24, 2018|publisher=[[NASA]]|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-the-apollo-lunar-module}}</ref>

After one of the windows of [[Lunar Module Eagle|LM-5]] (which would fly on [[Apollo 11]]) broke during testing in December 1967, NASA officials decided to replace the windows of LM-1 with aluminum plates out of concern a window might fail in flight.{{sfn|Ertel et al|pp=185, 190}} Since there would be no astronauts aboard, LM-1 had a mission programmer installed, which could control the craft remotely.{{sfn|Press Kit|p=6}} Not all LM-1 systems were fully activated nor was it given a full load of consumables: for example, its primary batteries were partially discharged to avoid over-voltage complications, and the oxygen tanks for the environmental control systems were only partially full.{{sfn|Press Kit|pp=10–11}}