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Last Updated: 6:00 PM GMT on July 06, 2009
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With the Launch Date of Apollo 11 rapidly approaching now,I thought we should take a closer look at the Vehicle and the Men making the trip to the Moon. SATURN V: AMERICA'S MOON ROCKET The Saturn V, developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center under the direction of Wernher von Braun, was the largest in a family of liquid-propellant rockets that solved the problem of getting to the Moon. A total of thirty-two Saturns of all types were launched; not one failed. The Saturn V was flight-tested twice without a crew. The first manned Saturn V sent the Apollo 8 astronauts into orbit around the Moon in December 1968. After two more missions to test the lunar landing vehicle, in July 1969 a Saturn V launched the crew of Apollo 11 to the first manned landing on the Moon. The three-stage Saturn V was taller than a 36-story building. It was the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched. With a cluster of five powerful engines in each of the first two stages and using high-performance liquid hydrogen fuel for the upper stages, the Saturn V was one of the great feats of 20th-century engineering. Inside, the rocket contained three million parts in a labyrinth of fuel lines, pumps, gauges, sensors, circuits, and switches--each of which had to function reliably, and did. Fifteen Saturn Vs were built. The Museum's collection includes three Saturn Vs exhibited at NASA visitor centers in Alabama, Florida, and Texas.  Size: 111 m (363 ft) Payload to orbit: 129,300 kg (285,000 lb) Payload to Moon: 48,500 kg (107,000 lb) Manufacturer: Boeing Co. (prime) 1st stage: five F-1 engines Propellants: RP-1 (kerosene) and liquid oxygen Total thrust: 33,360,000 newtons (7,500,000 lb) Manufacturer: Rocketdyne 2nd stage: five J-2 engines Propellants: liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen Total thrust: 5,560,000 newtons (1,250,000 lb) Manufacturer: Rocketdyne 3rd stage: one J-2 engine Thrust: 1,112,000 newtons (250,000 lb)  The 13 Saturn 5's that flew.  Apollo 4 was the first unmanned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the largest launch vehicle ever constructed. It was also the first flight of the S-IC and S-II stages of the rocket. It was the first launch from Launch Complex 39 specifically built for the Saturn V. As well as being the first launch of the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage, it would also be the first time that the S-IVB third stage had been restarted in Earth orbit and the first time that the Apollo spacecraft had reentered Earth's atmosphere at speeds approaching those of a lunar return trajectory. Because of all these firsts there were 4098 measuring instruments on board the rocket and spacecraft. This would be the first test of the all-up doctrine. It had been decided in 1963 that instead of testing each component of the rocket separately like had been done by Wernher von Braun in Germany during World War II, the rocket would be tested all at once. This cut down the total number of tests, as needed to accomplish President Kennedy's stated goal of a manned lunar landing before 1970, but it meant that everything had to work properly the first time. Apollo program managers had misgivings about all-up testing but agreed to it with some reluctance since individual component tests would inevitably push the landing mission past the 1970 goal. There were two main payloads on board. CSM-017 was a production model of the spacecraft that would take the astronauts to the moon. It was a Block I spacecraft meant for testing the systems, and not the Block II spacecraft that would be actually manned. However it did feature some Block II items such as an improved heatshield and a new hatch. The other payload was LTA-10R which was a model of the Lunar Module carried as ballast but with the same mass distribution as the real craft. Credit: NASA Edited footage of the Apollo 8 launch, several camera views compiled. Runs from T-00:25 through T 03:25. See the mighty Saturn V launch vehicle in action, carrying humans for the first time. Watch out for an excellent shot of the staging sequence at the 3 minute mark in the video.   Create your own visitor map 
Hurricane Prep Entry It was June 1969 and I was driving with my Uncle Mac to Michoud Assembly Center in east New Orleans.We had left Waveland Ave,in Miss near the Beach,right over the railroad tracks about 45 minutes earlier.That was his home and I was Out of school for the summer. He Worked for Michoud for NASA in the Big Square Assembly Building where they built the Saturn 5 first Stage,or S-1C.A Gate Guard approached the Car,saw my Uncles Badge and waved us in.I ...
It's time to dust off that family disaster plan, or in many cases, create one. Keeping your family safe during a hurricane starts with proper planning. One in six Americans live along the eastern seaboard or the Gulf of Mexico, making hurricane preparation a must for many and their families.Evacuation Considerations for the Elderly, Disabled and Special Medical Care Issues Your Evacuation PlanDisaster Supplies KitNOAA Alert Weather Radio's"Think outside the Cone"hur...
LSU Defeats Texas in Omaha and are the National Champions of Collegiate Baseball 200911 to 4Congratulations to the LSU Tigers Create your own visitor map
Hurricane Prep entry..My love is in league with the freewayIts passion will ride as the cities fly byAnd the tail-lights dissolve in the coming of nightAnd the questions in thousands take flightMy love is the miles and the waitingThe eyes that just stare, and the glance at the clockAnd the secret that burns, and the pain that won't stopAnd it's fueled once againLeading me on - leading me down the roadDriving me on - driving me down the roadMy love is exceeding the l...
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