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... could be investigated by utilizing basic Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles, launch facilities, tracking system, and manufacturing and engineering expertise. Bromberg said a three-stage Saturn V could propel a 7,000-lb. unmanned research payload into the asteroid belt and a four-stage Saturn V could propel a 22,000-lb. payload ...

... Kennedy Space Center KSC Complex 39A at 7:00 am EST on mission to qualify Saturn V launch vehicle for future manned space flights. Primary objectives were to demonstrate structural and thermal ... insulation, for use on Saturn V 2nd stage. Test, from Edwards AFB , was satisfactory, with X-15 performing in maximum-heating design trajectory close to that of Saturn V and sus­taining temperatures of ...

... momentum. He listed three primary commitments: "-the first Saturn V carrying an unmanned Apollo spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in 1967"-the first Saturn V carrying a manned Apollo spacecraft is scheduled to ... . George E. Mueller , NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, outlined broad objectives of the Saturn-Apollo applications missions, earth-orbital and lunar: "(1) Evaluate and extend man's capabilities to ...

... awarded five contracts to Saturn contractors to continue studies to improve Saturn concepts of an intermediate vehicle with a payload capability between that of Saturn I-B and the Saturn V . On Saturn V , Boeing Co. received $370,500; North American Aviation , Inc., $329,624; and Douglas Aircraft Co., $96,730. Eight variations of the Saturn V vehicle would ...

... switch manned flights to the three-stage Saturn V as soon as possible. The first Saturn V flight, an unmanned test, was scheduled f m Oct. 19. The Saturn I-B had been planned for continued use on flights not requiring the huge power of the Saturn V , but ... Apollo, which could be a 100,000-lb space station, or something bigger, launched with Saturn V , or a new launch vehicle; (3) development of new and better concepts since planetary missions ...

... "200-series" (Uprated Saturn) and "500-series" ( Saturn V ) launch vehicles to test and qualify Command, Service, and Lunar Module s (CSM and LM) . Schedule for 1968 would include: Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204), first unmanned test of LM in earth orbit; AS-502, second unmanned flight test of Saturn V and Apollo C&SM; AS-503, third unmanned test of Saturn V and ...

... . Primary objectives were to demonstrate crew, space vehicle, and mission support facilities performance during manned Saturn V mission with Command Service Module CSM and Lunar Module LM ; demonstrate Lunar Module LM and ... ) perigee. After post-insertion checkout Command Service Module CSM , code-named "Gumdrop," separated from Saturn V 3rd stage ( Saturn IVB SATURN IVB S-IVB ) and LM, code-named "Spider." Crew successfully transposed and docked ...

... Apollo spacecraft and the Saturn launch vehicles. There were static firings of engines for the various Saturn IB and Saturn V stages, highlighted by full-duration firing of all three Saturn V stages, Saturn I program ended ... II 's Cosmonaut Leonov, Soviet lunar exploration intensified, with apparent soft-landing attempts by LUNAs V through VIII, as well as photographs of the moon's hidden side by interplanetary probe ...

... Complex 39 at 7:51 am EST by Saturn V booster. Primary objectives were to demonstrate crew, space vehicle, and mission support performance during manned Saturn V mission with command and service module ''(csM ... NASA Office of Manned Space Flight; MSC was responsible for Apollo spacecraft development, MSFC for Saturn V launch vehicle, and KSC for launch operations. Tracking and data acquisition was managed by GSFC ...

... , in 1968 Stan Gunn at Rocketdyne studied replacing the J-2 third stage of the Saturn V with a first generation NERVA I (75k thrust, 825 Isp, 15,000-pounds) and saw ... double the payload to LEO, from up to 250,000 pounds for the all-chemical Saturn V to up to 500,000 pounds. However, because of its ban NASA never embraced this ... , that way you will be convinced. Put the payload fractions of the Atlas, Titan and Saturn V of a half century ago in a row and then add those of the improved ...

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