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"Failure Investigations of Large Liquid Propelled Rocket Engine Components."
Case histories of seven typical failures in large liquid propelled rocket engines components have been prepared. Quite simple to complex investigations are presented covering a variety of failure modes in a variety of materials. Included are successful solutions to the failure problems investigated.; Archive copy is a poor photocopy. -
"Film script for Saturn I/IB quarterly film report no. 15."
Unclassified film script of the Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report covering January, February, March, 1963. There are handwritten notes and edits throughout the document. -
"Film script for Saturn I/IB quarterly film report no. 16."
Unclassified film script of the Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report covering April, May, June, 1963. There are handwritten notes and edits throughout the document. -
"Film Script for Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report, Nr. 22 (Covering October, November, December 1964)."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - October through December, 1964. -
"Film Script for Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report, Nr. 23 (Covering January, February, March 1965)."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - January through March, 1965. -
"Film script for Saturn quarterly film report no. 18."
Unclassified film script of the Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report covering October, November, December, 1963. A handwritten note at the top of the title page lables this copy as the "Final Draft". -
"Film Script for Saturn Quarterly Film Report, No. 19 (January, February, March) 1964."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - January through March, 1964. -
"Film Script for Saturn Quarterly Film Report, Nr. 20 (April, May, June) 1964."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - April through June, 1964. -
"Films List : NASA Motion Picture Film Service Area Five: Alabama - Kentucky - Louisiana - Mississippi - Tennessee."
A list of films oriented towards the National Space Program and other related topics. -
"Final readiness test underway on Apollo 11."
A news article detailing the final preparation and readiness tests for the Apollo 11 rocket and crew. -
"Final Script for Saturn I/IB Quarterly Film Report, No. 24 (covering April, May, June 1965)."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - April through June, 1965. -
"Final Script for Saturn IB Quarterly Film Report, No. 26 (covering October, November, December, 1965)."
Film script for the Saturn Quarterly Film Report - October through December, 1965. -
"Final Technical Report: Saturn V Derivative (S-IC/S-IVB/I.U.) Launch Vehicle System Study: Volume I."
Technical report for September 15th, 1969. -
"First Annual Logistics Management Symposium: September 13 and 14, 1966."
The proceedings of the First Annual Logistics Management Symposium are forwarded with the hope that the information will be of assistance to attendees and their staffs in the planning and management of logistics support programs. I recognize that there is still much study required before all management techniques and procedures for support programs are known and understood, but I believe that support problems are made easier by exchange of knowledge. The Symposium was based on this belief and we plan to continue the search for ways to achieve better program support at a lower cost. Edmund F. O'Connor, Director, Industrial Operations. -
"First Hundred Seconds."
Keynote address at National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the American Rocket Society Conference on Launch Vehicle Structures and Materials. Speech focuses on problems facing the structure of Saturn rockets and other space vehicles. -
"Five manned Apollo flights scheduled this year."
News article detailing the planning of five more projects after the successful mission of Apollo 8. -
"Flat Cable Engineering Studies for Saturn S-IVB Vehicles."
This paper describes the engineering approaches, investigations, results and conclusions of two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flat-cable contracts from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., for feasibility studies on the S-IVB stage of the Saturn Vehicle. In addition, the objectives and approaches for a third contract., "Flat-Cable Engineering Study", are discussed. A sister Douglas Paper No. 4186, to be presented by Dr. P. L. Hill, covers in detail the manufacturing aspects of the Flat-Cable Development Program.; Prepared by R.A. Klotz, Advance applications, Saturn Electronics, Missile and Space Systems Group, McDonnell Douglas Corporation for presentation at: IPC/EDN Flat-Cable Seminar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 20 June 1967. -
"Flight Control Computer for Saturn Space Vehicles."
The flight control computer for Saturn receives attitude signals from the stable platform, rate signals from rate gyros or lead networks, and angle-of-attack information from body-fixed accelerometers or other sensors. -
"Flight Evaluation of the Command and Communication System Aboard AS-501."
The first test of the command and communications system, a unified frequency S-band system, aboard AS-501 was successful. Compatibility of this system with the MSFN/USB sites was established. The onboard transponder and antenna system including antenna switching performed as predicted. The command performance was excellent with 5747 valid commands received onboard out of 5748 commands transmitted. Data reduction problems prevented a complete analysis of the tracking data. Telemetry system performance was satisfactory with a measured bit-error-rate of 4 x10-5 while over the Ascension Island station. This flight provided valuable data which can be used to define vehicle to-ground-station interfaces, to establish attitude constraints during translunar injection, and to improve operational procedures. One more test as successful as the AS-501 test would qualify the system as operational.; May 3,1968. -
"Flight Software Development Laboratory."
A man-in-the-loop computer facility has been created using a digital computer, display terminal,and space vehicle flight computer to enable programmers to check out flight programs in a simulated space flight environment. The simulation requires a real time multi-programmed environment, which is supplied by a control system capable of scheduling programs on 32 levels of priority interrupt as well as answering demands for service at the display terminal. A special interface device permits visibility and control of the flight program as it executes in the flight computer. On-line inputs from the programmer at the display terminal and outputs from data collection and reduction routines to the display screen are executed in real time. The Flight Software Development Laboratory has proved to be very useful in reducing program preparation time and increasing flight program confidence. -
"Flight to test lunar module for moon landing."
News article detailing a test for the lunar module to see if it is able to land properly. -
"Footprints on the Frontier."
An article regarding Doctor Kurt Debris, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. -
"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. -
"From Michoud to the Moon."
A history and description of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. -
"From Now On -."
Interview with Dr. Wernher von Braun; Challenge, Winter(Dec) 1962, volume 1, number 3 -
"Fulfilling the Aerospace Engineer's Responsibility for Product Reliability."
The management techniques described in the paper support the Saturn S-IVB Program which is being conducted for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center. -
"Functional Management in NASA."
This is a Comment Edition of Historical Note No. 53 prepared by a summer employee of the NASA Historical Staff (APPH). The author has agreed to integrate comments and corrections submitted by critical readers, a normal process of validation for all historical reports and studies. -
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"Furnace Brazing of Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers."
Brazing as a technique for joining metal parts has been utilized for centuries. Industry, however, has only begun to use it on a wide scale in the last twenty years. The rapid growth of brazing has been a result of consumer and military demands Tor products of lighter weight, less expense, and higher performance. Today, brazing is one of the most widely used fabrication techniques in the production of liquid rockets, gas turbines, refrigerator and other types of heat exchangers, automobile parts, vacuum tubes, and many nuclear products. -
"Furnace Brazing the F-1 Thrust Chamber for Apollo."
This work described in this report was performed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under contract NASw-16. Rocketdyne is now building the F-1 engine for the Apollo lunar mission. Five F-1 engines, each capable of developing 1-1/2 million pounds of thrust will power the first stage of the launch vehicle of Saturn V. -
"Future Projects Office."
The purpose of this brochure is to give interested readers, outside as well as within the agencies of the U.S. Government, information on the mission and activities of the Future Projects Office, George C. Marshall Space. -
"George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Mississippi Test Facility Telephone directory 1965."
Telephone directory belonging to the George C. Marshal Space Flight Center Mississippi Test Facility for October 1965. -
"George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Mississippi Test Facility Telephone directory 1968."
Telephone directory belonging to the George C. Marshal Space Flight Center Mississippi Test Facility for 1968. -
"George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Telephone Directory October, 1969."
Information shown in the telephone directory is current as of September 12, 1969. -
"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). -
"Government Grants & Contracts."
The Army medical contract, grant, and research interest in the bio-science area. -
"Ground Equipment to Support the Saturn Vehicle."
With the advent of the first large space vehicle, the SATURN, the ground support equipment and launch facility designer is faced with the necessity of conceiving and building an unprecedented launch system concurrent with the vehicle development. The paper intends to present a comprehensive picture of the problems involved and how they are solved. It follows the SATURN through the various modes of operation such as transportation over land and water, checkout, handling and erection, propellant loading, and describes the facilities at the launch site. -
"Ground testing at MSFC : research achievements review series no 9"
In 1955, the team which has become the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) began to organize a research program within its various laboratories and offices. The purpose of the program was two-fold: first, to support existing development projects by research studies and second, to prepare future development projects by advancing the state of the art of rockets and space flight. Funding for this program came from the Army, Air Force, and Advanced Research Projects Agency. The effort during the first year was modest and involved relatively few tasks. The communication of results was, therefore, comparatively easy.; Pages of handwritten notes on yellow legal paper. There is also a 3 x 5 inch card with this information. Article reference for Saturn History Files: Schuler, Albert E. (NASA-MSFC) Research and development in instrumentation for static testing. -
"Guidance and Control of Saturn Launch Vehicles."
The navigation, guidance, and control modes and problems of the Saturn launch vehicles are given as the requirements for the guidance and control methods. Two path adaptive guidance modes, featuring flight path optimization, in the form of a polynomial mode and an iterative mode are given in their computation form and compared with respect to mission flexibility, implementation requirements, and performance. Attitude control during the propelled flight phases requires consideration of various bending and sloshing modes; stability of the control system is obtained by phase stabilization of the low frequencies and by attenuation of the higher frequencies. Typical shaping networks and their transfer functions are given. The attitude control system during coasting periods is briefly described. The functional behavior and characteristic data of the main guidance and control hardware such as the inertial sensors, stabilized platform, digital computer, data adapter, control computer, and actuation system are described. Reliability requirements are emphasized. The principle of redundancy is extensively used to obtain highest reliability for long operating times. Data and results from recent Saturn I flights summarize the performance of the guidance schemes. -
"H-1 rocket engine: models H-1C and H-1D : technical manual engine data."
Poor jpeg of a screenshot of a word-document.