The Saturn V rocket was overall successful throughout its 13 missions. It completed President Kennedy's goal of putting a man on the moon, returned crews to the moon for several projects, and launched Skylab in orbit around the Earth. Is the Saturn V still the most powerful rocket? The Sa...
The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) had a key role in the Apollo Moon mission, guiding and controlling the Saturn V rocket. Like most computers of the era, it used core memory, storing data in tiny magnetic cores. In this article, I take a close look at an LVDC core memory modu...
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Dear Mr. Ward: I have just begun to read your book, “Rocket Ranch” in hopes of discovering how the Saturn V was mounted in its upright position. I am especially interested in understanding how and where exactly its gross weight was supported. Most images show simplistically that the rocke...
These included pad abort tests with just the LES and CM as well as flights using the Little Joe II rocket to test the LES under much more stressing flight conditions (see “50 Years Ago Today: The First Flight of the Apollo Little Joe II”). This flight test program culminated in the ...