The Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 and her crew on its journey to the Moon, 16 July 1969.The Saturn V consisted of three stages and an Instrument Unit which contained the booster's guidance system. The first stage, the S-IC, consisted of five F-1 engines arranged in a cross patter...
A cutaway illustration of the Saturn V launch vehicle with the major components labeled. The Saturn V was the largest and most powerful launch vehicle developed in the United States. It was designed to perform Earth orbital missions through the use of the first two stages, while all three stag...
which set off in December of 1968. In July of 1969, a Saturn V launched the crew ofApollo 11to the first crewed landing on the moon. Saturn V rockets carried six more moon missions into space: Apollos 12 through 17, between 1969 and ...
Construction walls spanning the length of the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida were recently taken down, revealing the mostly original,historic Saturn IB booster on display. The forerunner to the Saturn V that launched astronauts to the moon, the Saturn IB was first...
Volume 1 - The Iconic Footage, recreates a 3D model of the Saturn V rocket, the largest rocket ever created. By activating the animation you will see the separation sequence of the different stages of the rocket (No sound). Volume 2 - The Animated Journey, you will discover the configura...
Fluctuating pressure data, 5.5 percent Apollo-Saturn configurationAERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICSAPOLLO SPACECRAFTSATURN 1 LAUNCH VEHICLESWIND TUNNEL STABILITY TESTSDATA ACQUISITIONSPACECRAFT MODELSTRANSONIC SPEEDNo Abstract AvailableDavis, R. ENASA (non Center Specific)...
seats inside the command module atop the giant Saturn V Moon rocket, a faulty electrical switch created a spark that ignited the pure oxygen environment. The speed and intensity of the fire quickly exhausted the oxygen supply inside the crew cabin. Unable to open the hatch due to its cumbersom...
the mass that could be landed and the duration the astronauts could spend on the lunar surface. Grumman proposed ways to expand several of these parameters, based upon the assumption that NASA would also make modest improvements to the Saturn V, and be capable of pursuing dual launch missions....
18 May 1969: At 16:49:00 UTC, Apollo 10 Saturn V AS-505 lifted off from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a full dress rehearsal for the landing on the Moon that would follow with Apollo 11, two months later. On board were Colonel Thomas P...
Volume 1 - The Iconic Footage, recreates a 3D model of the Saturn V rocket, the largest rocket ever created. By activating the animation you will see the separation sequence of the different stages of the rocket (No sound). Volume 2 - The Animated Journey, you will discover the configura...