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**'''Bravo''' - From 3000 metres to 30.5 km, after the capsule had moved away from the rocket, canards would be deployed by the tower to force the CM-LES combination into a CM forward position |
**'''Bravo''' - From 3000 metres to 30.5 km, after the capsule had moved away from the rocket, canards would be deployed by the tower to force the CM-LES combination into a CM forward position |
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**'''Charlie''' - From 30.5 km until the LES is jettisoned just after S-II ignition, the CM reaction control system would be used to force the CM-LES combination into the CM forward position as the canards would have little effect in the now thin air |
**'''Charlie''' - From 30.5 km until the LES is jettisoned just after S-II ignition, the CM reaction control system would be used to force the CM-LES combination into the CM forward position as the canards would have little effect in the now thin air |
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*'''Two''' - After the LES is jettisoned, the [[Apollo Command/Service Module|Command/Service Module]] (CSM) would be separate as a whole from the rocket and either use its large engine or smaller control engines to separate from the rocket. The CM would then separate and perform a normal [[splashdown]] |
*'''Two''' - After the LES is jettisoned, the [[Apollo Command/Service Module|Command/Service Module]] (CSM) would be separate as a whole from the rocket and either use its large engine or smaller control engines to separate from the rocket. The CM would then separate and perform a normal [[Splashdown (spacecraft landing)|splashdown]] |
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*'''Contingency Orbit Insertion (COI)''' - The [[S-IVB]] stage can now place the CSM on a trajectory such that the [[Service Module]] engine can now place the CSM into some sort of Earth orbit, but would not have sufficient propellant to continue onto the moon |
*'''Contingency Orbit Insertion (COI)''' - The [[S-IVB]] stage can now place the CSM on a trajectory such that the [[Service Module]] engine can now place the CSM into some sort of Earth orbit, but would not have sufficient propellant to continue onto the moon |
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*'''S-IVB to orbit''' - The S-IVB can now place the CSM and LM into an Earth orbit, but it could not travel to the Moon |
*'''S-IVB to orbit''' - The S-IVB can now place the CSM and LM into an Earth orbit, but it could not travel to the Moon |
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During the course of the launch of an Apollo spacecraft by the Saturn V rocket there were several ways for the crew and computers to abort the flight. The method that would be used depended on how far into the flight the crew were. None of these abort modes were ever used.
