Apollo Capsule CM-011A

Capsule CM-011A, seen here aboard the USS Hornet, was used on the unmanned suborbital Apollo-Saturn 202 (AS-202) mission, which was designed to test the flight systems of the capsule prior to the manned space missions.

Built to the specification of the actual module to be used in the manned mission, the module was used for NASA research in parachute development and water drop tests, stability and vibration characteristics testing, and recovery simulations.