The Abstract states "The four checkout systems developed and utilized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for acceptance checkout of the Saturn V launch vehicle stages and instrument unit are described. The vehicle's characteristics, test policies, equipment design criteria, and operational factors are reviewed. Following a general description of each checkout system, this paper presents a brief definitive description of each major subsystem test station. These test systems are used for post-manufacturing and post-static firing acceptance checkout. The section related to the S-II stage includes several representative flow diagrams and descriptions of automatic tests. To present in detail the large volume of information describing these four checkout systems would require the writing of four papers."
The magazine contains the articles "Classics from the Classroom", "The Iron Maiden", "Shake Well Before Using", "Old Yaller is White Again", "Tucumcari", "In the Family Tradition", and "The Flying Cloud". Also included is a briefing of events in the Boeing Company.