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First edition color Apollo Mission Chart (AMC) for the uncrewed Apollo 5 mission, 41.25 x 13.5, dated December 1967, scale 1:40,000,000 at the equator. The chart shows the various orbits of the Apollo 5 mission (AS-204), which was the uncrewed first flight of the Apollo Lunar Module that would later carry astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The chart features a variety of ground track symbols, tracking station symbols, and tracking range symbols. Lithographed by ACIC 12-67 and prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center. Rolled and in fine condition.
Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager George M. Low said that Apollo 5's success ‘was due to the fact that we had a good piece of hardware; it was due to the fact that we had outstanding flight control teams under Gene Kranz' able leadership.’ Despite the trouble during the descent-engine burn, NASA deemed the mission a success in demonstrating the LM systems, and a second uncrewed flight test using LM-2 was cancelled. The first crewed LM flight took place on Apollo 9 in March 1969.
