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Double seal insulation [drawing] photograph.
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph.; Drawing contains information about the modified epoxy adhesive, aluminum film, mylar film, perforated phenolic honeycomb core, tank skin, mylar honeycomb core, polyurethane adhesive, weight and thermal conductivity.; Photo negative no. 651746 M-268. -
"Digital Simulation of an Aerospace Vehicle."
The rapid development of computer technology and the creation of new engineering oriented languages has established that general purpose digital computers are now extremely suitable to perform simulation of large scale physical systems. With Aerospace Vehicle Simulation (AVS), an effort has been undertaken at MSFC to simulate continuous and discrete dynamics of an aerospace vehicle and its ground support equipment on a large digital computer. This simulation produces a copy of the physical vehicle configuration and its functions in the form of a large scale mathematical model in the computer. AVS will be an essential part of an integrated information system which can be used by several laboratories and offices at MSFC for the design, checkout, test, and management of aerospace vehicles. -
F-1 engine photograph.
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph. Engine parts are labeled. -
"Evolution of the Saturn Booster."
8 x 10 inch Black & White photograph. MS-G 103-63 Nov. 22, 63 is on the photograph. Displays the evolution of space-rocket designs side-by-side. -
"Goddard patents: notes from von Braun to Slattery."
Archive copy is a poor photocopy.; Handwritten in ink is: Ref: Goddard Patents (See D. Akens for final draft of letter). -
"Communication from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the President's Materials Policy Commission, June 1952."
Includes bibliographical references.; Original format: paperback book (42 pages); Cover title: Resources for freedom : the outlook of energy resources, volume III. Contains plans and analyses of potential future energy sources. -
"Forecasting future military missions and their technological demands."
Archive copy is a poor photocopy.; Article is from Defense Industry Bulletin, October 1959, pages 21 to 24. -
"Instrument Unit Program Review : Saturn Instrument Unit."
Handwritten names and phone numbers on the first page. Apollo / Saturn Team. -
"The instrumentation of space vehicle in connection with the successful Saturn flight tests."
Presented on September 21, 1962, at the Eleventh Tagung Der Deutchen Raketen - Gesellschaft, Koblenz, West Germany. Instrumentation sf the Saturn space vehicle represents a considerable effort during the development phase, for proper design evaluatian of this new configuration, its propulsion system, and its structure and control characteristics, an unprecedented number of measurements are required to be carried onboard and to be recovered, These measurements are expected to work properly and to furnish the design engineer with information that is not available by ground testing, -
"The impact of manufacturing on design as related to accessibility."
The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the need for accessibility in the assembly and maintenance of spacecraft. This is especially pertinent because accessibility to subsystems for replacement, repair, and maintenance has proven to be one of the more costly phases of preflight preparation. The most successful programs in this day and age have been when the design and manufacturing engineers work side by side around a mockup where solutions to the problems can be visually seen and solved, keeping in mind the assembly as related to accessibility. Therefore, it will be shown that in order to overcome the difficulties, designers should adapt a hard, fast ground rule that each unit must be accessible and individually removable without disturbing the other units.; Aeronautic and Space Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 7 - 11, 1968. -
Letter to Mr. David L. Christensen.
Letter from C.A. Perkins to David L. Christensen regarding a request for information regarding cryogenic pump and motor development -
Letter to Honorable James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration from W. K. Wilson, Jr.
Letter to James Webb from W. K. Wilson regarding one of his studies. -
Letter to the Honorable James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Kurt R. Stehling.
A letter to Jame E. Webb proposing that the first LEM that lands on the moon to be named after President Kennedy." -
"List of Saturn-Apollo Suppliers of Critical Hardware."
A list of critical hardware from Saturn-Apollo Suppliers. -
"Master plan for documentation management and use."
Prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. Accepted by V.C. Sorensen, Chief, Management Services Office. Management Services Project, RCA; SUMMARY: The objective of this study is to describe a comprehensive plan for the development and full utilization of methods and means to be employed in the years prior to 1976 for the effective acquisition, collection, storage, retrieval, distribution, and use of engineering documentation. Because of the violently changing state of the art of data acquisition, storage, and retrieval the description of the plan does not embrace the details of a total decade of phased change. Rather it describes actions that can and should be taken in the relatively near future, and proposes a continuing series of later studies to keep this plan current for the full decade. -
"Manufacturing plan : Saturn V : booster stage S-IC. Volume 1."
This procedure provides the necessary information for the fabrication and assembly of the Saturn C-5 booster stage S-IC. The manufacturing methods outlined herein represent techniques that will be utilized both at Michoud and MSFC wherever possible. The concepts and methods outlined are of a preliminary nature consistent with the stage of design at this time. These concepts and methods are subject to change. This Manufacturing Plan will be periodically updated to reflect such changes. The processes and techniques proposed in this Manufacturing Plan are generally within the present state of the art, consistent with reliability requirements for manned space flight and advocated for use with the limited manufacturing facilities of the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Michoud Production Facility.; Includes memorandum dated 15 Jan. 1963 from J. H. Chesteen, Chief, Engineering Planning Section. M-ME-SE.; Includes memorandum from J. H. Chesteen and N. E. Johansen to W. B. Edmiston and W. R. Kuers--subject: Integration Boeing-MSFC Manufacturing plan. December 18, 1962. -
"Manufacturing plan : Saturn V : booster stage S-IC. Volume 2."
Manufacturing plan for Saturn V Booster stage S-IC -
"Manufacturing plan for Saturn S-II, Stages 16-25."
Manufacturing plan for for SII stages 16 through 25. -
"Manned space flight schedules. Vol. III, launch vehicles : book 3, Saturn V."
OMSF Program Status Review October 1965.; Edition "A". -
"Manned space flight schedules. Vol. III, launch vehicles : book 2, Saturn IB."
OMSF program status review October 1965.; Edition "A". -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (April 1, 1967, through April 30, 1967)."
Monthly progress report between the month of April. -
"Michoud and Mississippi test operations : May 1965."
This document contains copies of management charts and photographs maintained in the Management Information Office of the Executive Staff on Michoud and Mississippi Test Operations. Information on other MSFC activities and facilities will be published in separate volumes as indicated on the following page. Most of these charges are included in Dr. von Braun's, Dr. Rees' and Mr. Gorman's Management Information Consoles. -
"Meticulous engineering."
The need for high reliability and great care in modern engineering is stressed. Disciplines to eliminate or decrease errors are described. College courses should interweave this approach into study projects. -
"Methods for cleaning electronic components and subassemblies."
In describing the cleaning of electronic components and subassemblies, it must be taken into consideration that each part to be cleaned presents an individual problem. The method of cleaning must be tailored to the type of part to be cleaned as well as to the type of soil to be removed. This paper reviews some of the methods used in cleaning electronic arts, particularly printed circuits, as well as other critical hardware which is used in support of electronic assemblies. Some of the methods covered include the use of abrasives, acids, solvents and alkalies, and the employment of these in combination with ultrasonic and other automatic systems. The clean room in use at IBM Huntsville is described briefly, along with the solutions and solvents used in cleaning electronic and supporting parts. Cleanliness- requirements for the area and the materials, together with procedures for meeting them give added emphasis to the critical nature of today's contamination control programs. The paper concludes with a summary of the cleaning procedures and the cleanroom benefits to be obtained by using present day technologies to improve them. -
"NASA management programs."
Address by Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Joint AIAA/CASI Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 8, 1968. AS DELIVERED.; Includes charts. -
"NASA management programs."
Address by Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration before the Ninth National Conference of United Press International Editors and Publishers, October 8, 1968. -
"H-1 rocket engine: models H-1C and H-1D : technical manual engine data."
Poor jpeg of a screenshot of a word-document. -
"NEXUS concept of a large reusable earth launch vehicle."
Aspects of Earth-to-orbit delivery are discussed and a cost analysis of the logistic operation and the cost of orbital operations are presented. Probabilities of success of orbital delivery and the operational and economic aspects of establishing large orbital installations and maintaining a large transportation volume in the 1975/85 time period are compared for the two cases using a large number of Saturn V versus a smaller number of 1-stage chemical Post-Saturn launch vehicles. Performance parameters of chemical, chemonuclear and nuclear launch vehicles are compared. The concept of a blunt launch vehicle configuration referred to as NEXUS is presented in detail. Applications of this configuration to chemonuclear propulsion and to a 50 ft diameter version of Saturn V with recoverable first stage are discussed. -
"Pan Am Clipper : Guided Missiles Range Division : December, 1964."
A collection of articles, one of which musing about the landing on/colonization of Mars in the future. -
"Outline of the capability of technical facilities and equipment at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center."
Outline of the equipment present at George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (April 1, 1966 through April 30, 1966)."
Progress report for the month of April, 1966. -
"Proceedings : second NASA-wide reliability & quality assurance meeting : NASA Headquarters, November 29 - December 1, 1966."
The papers presented at the second NASA-Wide Reliability and Quality Assurance Meeting are published to disseminate current experiences and information. These papers, presented at NASA Headquarters on November 29 - December 1, 1966, are one means of exchanging current NASA reliability and quality assurance knowledge between projects and programs. This publication has been marked "FOR NASA USE" since it contains management opinions and contract experiences. Publication of papers suitable for wide dissemination in the Government, industry and University community is expected to be made separately. John E. Condon, Director, Reliability & Quality Assurance. -
"Preliminary skeletal operations plan for Apollo :" a systems engineering support document.
The Preliminary Skeletal Operations Plan is a statement of the operational concept for Apollo. This draft contains a description of the conduct of the Apollo LOR landing mission and a mission profile. It provides the basis for more detailed mission planning, for generating functional criteria for equipment design, and for measuring the adequacy of the current Apollo hardware for satisfying operational needs. -
"Pratt & Whitney Aircraft RL10 liquid hydrogen rocket engine"
Photograph of a Pratt & Whitney rocket engine. -
"R & D directory for 1962 (NASA-MSFC Contracts-1962)."
Excerpt of contracts MSFC 1962, pages 76-79. -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (March 1, 1966 through March 31,1966)."
A collection of progress reports covering a large number of projects within the month of March, 1966 -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (November 1, 1966 through November 30, 1966)."
A collection of progress reports covering a large number of projects within the month of November, 1966 -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (August 1, 1966 through August 31, 1966)."
A collection of progress reports covering a large number of projects within the month of August, 1966 -
"Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory monthly progress report (July 1, 1966 through July 31,1966)."
A collection of progress reports covering a large number of projects within the month of July, 1966 -
"Project Thor (u): a report Bibliography."
Unclassified control No. 015415.; Requested by D.L. Christensen, DLC-5/2/69-Memo for Scientific and Technical Information, Cameron Station, Alexandria.