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The Saturn 1B booster for the United States mission of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project is shown on its mobile launcher in a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay with a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft installed atop the instrument unit. The encapsulated Apollo spacecraft, docking module and docking adapter that will be launched atop the Chrysler- built booster will replace the boiler plate spacecraft prior to rollout of the space vehicle to Complex 39's Pad B, now scheduled March 24. Launch is scheduled at 3:50 p.m. EDT July 15.