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A-001

A-001 was the second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

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Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.name: A-001
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.image: Little Joe II launch.jpg
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.image_caption: Little Joe II launch with A-001
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.insignia: Apollo program.svg
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.mission_type: Abort test
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.operator: NASA
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.mission_duration: 5 minutes, 50.3 seconds
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.spacecraft: Apollo BP-12
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.launch_rocket: Little Joe II
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.launch_site: White Sands LC-36
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.landing_date:  UTC
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.previous_mission: Pad Abort Test 1
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.next_mission: A-002
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.programme: Project ApolloAbort Tests

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A-001 was the second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

==Objectives== Mission A-001 was the second in the series of tests conducted to demonstrate that the launch escape system could safely remove the command module under critical abort conditions. Unlike Pad Abort Test 1, in which the launch escape system was ignited at ground level, this mission was flown to demonstrate the capability of the escape system to propel the command module safely away from a launch vehicle while in the high-dynamic-pressure (transonic) region of the Saturn trajectory.