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Apollo 6 launched on April 4 1968 was the second A type mission of the United States Apollo program an unmanned test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It was also the final unmanned Apollo test mission.Objectives were to demonstrate trans-lunar injection capability of the Saturn V with a simulated payload equal to about 80% of a full Apollo spacecraft and to repeat demonstration of the Command Module’s (CM) heat shield capability to withstand a lunar re-entry.
