A-002

frame|Little Joe II, LC 36, White Sands, NM (NASA) A-002 was the third 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-002
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.image: Apollo- Little Joe II Liftoff (December 8, 1964) - cropped.jpg
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.image_caption: Little Joe II A-002
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: 7 minutes, 23.4 seconds
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.spacecraft: Apollo BP-23
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.launch_date:  UTC
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: A-001
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.next_mission: A-003
Spaceflight<! technically not a spaceflight, but template seems best fit for this article >.programme: Project ApolloAbort Tests

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frame|Little Joe II, LC 36, White Sands, NM (NASA) A-002 was the third abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

==Objectives== Mission A-002 was the third in the series of abort tests to demonstrate that the launch system would perform satisfactorily under selected critical abort conditions. The main objective of this mission was to demonstrate the abort capability of the launch escape vehicle in the maximum dynamic pressure region of the Saturn trajectory with conditions approximating the altitude limit at which the Saturn emergency detection system would signal an abort.