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me 'n my big
friend |
near one that's
been felled... |
... and under
one that's vertical. |
![](small-saturn_v_sdh4.jpg)
One ready for
launch! (full height view) |
It was big, it was powerful, it was how we got man to the moon before the Ruskies
(who gave up soon afterwards). Each of the 5 first stage F-1 engines had
1.5 million pounds of thrust -- enormous when compared to each of the
Space Shuttle's 3 main rocket engines at 0.4 million pounds of thrust
per. Here
it is, the Saturn V and it's use on the Apollo and Skylab programs... |
Tech
write-up of the Apollo / Saturn program...
Now, on to the pix!
Development:
Gemini
8 practicing of LEM extraction; failed to open!
![](small_0-failed-gemini-test.jpg)
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program
overview briefing to President Kennedy
![](small_0-briefing-to-pres-kennedy1.jpg)
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President
Kennedy with Dr. Wernher Von
Braun, Director of Marshall Space Flight
Center
![](small_0-briefing-to-pres-kennedy2.jpg)
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practicing
riding the lunar mini-bike in the zero-g "Vomit Comet" (mini-bike
concept later abandoned)
![](small_0-lunar-minibike.jpg)
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capsule launch
abort rocket testing
![](small_0-abort-test.jpg)
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VAB construction
![](small_0-vab-build.jpg)
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setup
of Mission Control
![](small_8-mission-control-setup.jpg)
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mission
controllers (lower left = Gene
Kranz)
![](small_8-mission-controllers.jpg)
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wind tunnel
testing @AEDC
![](small_saturnv-aedc.jpg)
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Apollo 1 fire
remains, under guard
![](small_0-apollo1-01.jpg)
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Apollo 1 fire
remains
![](small_0-apollo1-02.jpg)
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Apollo 1:
cockpit, post-fire
![](small_0-apollo1-03.jpg)
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wind tunnel
testing @AEDC
![](small_apollo-escape-1962-aedc.jpg)
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Mission execution:
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Booster (museum)
![](small_1-booster3.jpg)
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Booster
(production)
![](small_1-booster6.jpg)
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Booster
![](small_1-booster5.jpg)
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Booster
![](small_1-booster4.jpg)
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Booster
![](small_1-booster1.jpg)
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Lunar Module
![](small_2-lem-stackup.jpg)
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Lunar Module
![](small_3-lunar-module.jpg)
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Command Module
![](small_2-command-module.jpg)
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stacking up in
the VAB
![](small_4-vab-stack2.jpg)
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stacking up in
the VAB
![](small_4-vab-stack1.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout1.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout2.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout3.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout4.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout5.jpg)
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rollout
![](small_5-vab-rollout7.jpg)
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crawler to pad
![](small_6-crawler1.jpg)
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crawler to pad
![](small_6-crawler15.jpg)
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crawler to pad
![](small_6-crawler17.jpg)
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crawler to pad
![](small_6-crawler4.jpg)
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crawler to pad
![](small_6-crawler7.jpg)
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crawler at pad
![](small_6-crawler9.jpg)
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great base shot
showing tail service masts
![](small_7-pad-detail-base1.jpg)
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great overall base shot
![](small_7-pad-detail-base2.jpg)
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the
rocket hold-down mechanism
(one of 4 per
pad)
![](small_7-pad-detail-arms.jpg)
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rocket hold-down
mechanism schematic
![](small_7-pad-detail-arms2a.jpg)
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hold-down
mechanisms assembly
![](small_7-pad-detail-hold-downs2.gif)
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hold-down
mechanisms, another closer view
![](small_7-pad-detail-hold-downs.gif)
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tail service
masts assembly
![](small_7-pad-detail-tail-service-masts.gif)
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tail
service mast Figure
![](small_7-pad-detail-tail-service-mast2.gif)
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ready for launch
![](small_7-onpad.jpg)
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Apollo 11
astronauts board
![](small_8-mission-boarding.jpg)
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activity in
Mission Control
![](small_8-mission-control-in-use.jpg)
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ignition
![](small_8-mission-launch3.jpg)
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ignition
![](small_8-mission-launch2.jpg)
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Saturn V liftoff
(Apollo 8), another awesome video -- this time from the LUT deck in
ultra-slow motion. You
have to see this to believe it, 7.6 million pounds of liquid-fueled thrust.
(full
AVI, 28.3 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 12.6 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 4.5 MB)
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OK,
same shot, Apollo 11
(full
AVI, 60.1 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 32.0 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 12.0 MB)
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![](apollo12a.jpg)
OK,
even closer, Apollo 12
(full
AVI, 40.7 MB)
(trimmed
large WMV, 35.3 MB)
(trimmed
small WMV, 14.9 MB)
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ascent,
low altitude (note flame trail is ~1000 feet long)
![](small_8-ascent-90.jpg)
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ascent,
mid-altitude
![](small_8-mission-launch9.jpg)
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ascent, high
altitude
![](small_8-ascent-91.jpg)
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staging
![](small_8-ascent-92.jpg)
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staging
![](small_8-ascent-93.jpg)
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on
the way to the moon, looking back
![](small_8-earth-lookback.jpg)
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splashdown!
![](small_8-mission-splashdown1.jpg)
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capsule recovery
![](small_8-mission-splashdown2.jpg)
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capsule recovery
![](small_8-recovery.jpg)
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post-Apollo... Skylab missions:
the Skylab
module
![](small_9-skylab-94.jpg)
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starting the
stackup
![](small_9-skylab-95.jpg)
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Skylab 1
![](small_9-skylab-97.jpg)
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Skylab 1
![](small_9-skylab-91.jpg)
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Skylab 1 launch
![](small_9-skylab-92.jpg)
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Skylab 1 launch
![](small_9-skylab-98.jpg)
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Skylab 1 launch
![](small_9-skylab-99.jpg)
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composite shot
![](small_8-mission-launch1-skylab.jpg)
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double-exposure,
Skylab 1 and subsequent (shortened) Skylab launches -- using the same
gantry via a "booster seat"
![](small_9-skylab-1-later.jpg)
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Saturn IB
booster in production
![](small_1-booster-next-stage-assy.jpg)
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Saturn IB
booster being set to vertical, for stacking for a later Skylab launch
![](small_9-skylab-93.jpg)
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Saturn IB booster stackup
![](small_1-booster7.jpg)
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later Skylab on
pad
![](small_9-skylab-96.jpg)
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