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  • chrysatustory_062707124831.pdf

    The document is a booklet created as part of the NASA/Chrysler Corporation Space Division manned flight awareness program. It discusses Chrysler's role in manufacturing and testing the Saturn and includes photographs and diagrams of Saturn stages, operations at Michoud, testing, and future missions. The section headings included in this booklet are "Chrysler and the Saturn," "Saturn at Michoud," "The Voyage of Saturn," "Saturn Firings," and "Saturn's Missions."
  • cleandconcon_071107110215.pdf

    The document is a paper describing contamination cleaning methods and advocating for further developments in the field. Tables and figures are included at the end of the paper. The figures include a comparison of Saturn V with Saturn I and Saturn IB and cross-sections of the Saturn C-5, S-IC stage fuel tank assembly and oxidizer tank assembly.
  • clipguidmissrangdivi_031907102312.pdf

    The Clipper is a Guided Missiles Range Division, Pan American World Airlines, Inc., internal publication. This issue includes the articles "News at a Glance," "The Big One," "New Ships on the Horizon," "Civic Responsibility," "Picture Highlights," "Service Awards," "September Service Pins," and "Recognizing Credit Union." "The Big One" includes details about Pan Am's role in developing the Saturn booster.
  • comboscif1engimont1_041607115913.pdf

    The set of documents includes an introductory letter written by D. Brainerd Holmes and Tischler's report with the subject "F-1 Combustion Instability Report for Associate Administrator; Period June-July 1963."
  • spc_stnv_000075.pdf

    This report is meant to provide NASA Senior Management with information on flight plans, mission objectives, and the basis for assessment of mission accomplishment. Note that page 61 is missing from the report.
  • spc_stnv_000076.pdf

    This document contains a transcript of the briefing meeting for the launch of Apollo 10. Participants include George H. Hage, Colonel Thomas McMullen, and William J. O'Donnell.
  • spc_stnv_000077.pdf

    According to the foreword found on page i, this document includes instructions on "procedures, methods and practices...necessary for the effective management of a program documentation system."
  • spc_stnv_000078.pdf

    This document contains the tests and test results from structural tests performed on the Apollo LEM docking drogue assembly between January 11, 1967 and February 15, 1967. The document contains various graphs, diagrams, and images pertaining to the tests.
  • spc_stnv_000079.pdf

    This document contains a transcription of the pre-launch press conference for Apollo 4. It includes the questions asked and answers given by participants Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Dr. George E. Mueller, Major General Samuel C. Phillips, Dr. Kurt H. Debus, and Dr. Wernher von Braun.
  • spc_stnv_000080.pdf

    According to the summary found on page 1, this document "presents a brief and concise description of the AS-204/LM-1 Apollo Saturn Space Vehicle." The information within the document allows readers to follow the timeline of the space vehicle's lift-off and journey to space.
  • spc_stnv_000081.pdf

    This document contains the transcription from the Apollo 5 post-launch press conference, including all the questions asked and answers given by participants Major General Samuel C. Phillips, Rocco A. Petrone, and Colonel William Teir.
  • spc_stnv_000082.pdf

    This document contains the test technical report and results for the LEM docking probe and drogue assemblies to demonstrate that the assemblies would sustain enough load to capture latch. The document contains various graphs, diagrams, and images from testing. The final page contains a note that page no. A-139 is missing from the report.
  • spc_stnv_000083.pdf

    According to the introduction found on page ii, this document was created to detail the "MSFC segment of the total Apollo Management process and to describe the methodologies and techniques currently being implemented."
  • spc_stnv_000084.pdf

    According to the purpose found in section 1.1, "Volume I provides a guide for the preparation of specifications for existing equipment in the Apollo/Saturn Program."
  • spc_stnv_000085.pdf

    This reproduced copy contains 43 pages of "general instructions for the uniform preparation of Project, System, and Contract End Items Specifications for Apollo/Saturn new equipment and major refurbishment."
  • spc_stnv_000086.pdf

    This report includes a summary of the major tasks performed by the Apollo Logistics Support System Payloads with an emphasis on the Lunar Mobile Laboratory (MOLAB).
  • spc_stnv_000087.pdf

    This document contains the transcript from the Apollo 7 mission. This transcript contains the communication from the first seven days of the ten day mission.
  • spc_stnv_000088.pdf

    This document contains a transcript of the pre-launch conference, including the questions asked and the answers given by participants William C. Schneider, Rocco A. Petrone, George M. Low, Col. William Teir, Col. Royce Olson, Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., and Eugene F. Kranz.
  • spc_stnv_000089.pdf

    This message for the Apollo Program Director contains a report of the Apollo launch vehicles, problem that occurred, and actions required. The photocopy is difficult to read.
  • spc_stnv_000090.pdf

    This message for the Apollo Program Director contains a report of the Apollo launch vehicles, problem that occurred, and actions required. The photocopy is difficult to read.
  • spc_stnv_000091.pdf

    This glossary contains acronyms and abbreviations commonly found in documentation from the Apollo Program. This glossary is meant to be a tool for historians and other researchers.
  • spc_stnv_000092.pdf

    According to the preface, "This handbook provides KSC management personnel with general information relative to the Apollo-Saturn program. Emphasis is placed on Saturn launch facilities and related support equipment. Saturn vehicle parameters are included for general information.
  • spc_stnv_000093.pdf

    This paper identifies the support functions performed by MSFC through the Launch Information Exchange Facility (LIEF) during the Apollo Saturn Mission Operations and other facilities required to carry out these functions. It also identifies mission specific documents required for operation. Note that page 20 is missing.
  • spc_stnv_000094.pdf

    This memorandum contains the pages to be changed in the logistics program for the Apollo/Saturn Project. The logistics plan includes the design, procuring, manufacturing, and production processes. This plan formalizes the program, improves logistic support, and implements management and action plans.
  • spc_stnv_000095.pdf

    This memorandum details changes or changes to be considered in Apollo-Saturn nomenclature. It also contains the matter of the Apollo and AAP missions designs and changes Seamans wishes to see.
  • spc_stnv_000097.pdf

    From the abstract: "This report concludes the Phase 1 study activities of the requirements for terminology standardization of the Apollo Integration Support Program. A review is made of the studies conducted and the findings resulting from these activities. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made for a proposed Apollo Terminology Handbook. An implementation plan for producing and maintaining an Apollo Terminology Handbook is included. A sample of such a terminology handbook is produced as Part 2 of this report."
  • spc_stnv_000100.pdf

    This paper discusses the propulsion requirements for various stages of the Apollo vehicles and the development of these engines.
  • spc_stnv_000101.pdf

    According to the table of contents, this volume of appendices contain various charts, graphs, and diagrams related to the S-IC stage data, instrument unit data, and vehicle data.
  • spc_stnv_000102.pdf

    This appendix includes various diagrams of orbital launch vehicles, graphs of propellant and tankweight, returnpayload, and lift-off requirements, velocity requirements for a manned lunar mission, multiple drawings for the Saturn C-3 vehicles, lunar mission payloads, information of vehicle size, and a summary of the Saturn C-3 lunar mission.
  • spc_stnv_000103.pdf

    According to the abstract, this paper discusses the need for a uniform design approach throughout the aerospace industry for space vehicle structural vibrations in order to keep pace with improvements in environment definition and testing.
  • spc_stnv_000104.pdf

    This report has been prepared to provide Aerojet management and the interested NASA offices with nuclear propulsion decision aid data. The primary intent of these analyses is to evaluate potential space missions which may utilize nuclear propulsion in an effort to determine the most desirable characteristics of a nuclear propulsion system.
  • spc_stnv_000105.pdf

    According to the foreword, "This paper presents the results of a twelve-week mission and systems analysis of a combined Jupiter orbiter/solar probe mission utilizing the Saturn V launch vehicle."
  • spc_stnv_000106.pdf

    Presented at the AIAA/AAS Stepping Stones to Mars Meeting, this paper compares the "payload velocity spectrum for existing and future missions" with Saturn V capabilities.
  • spc_stnv_000107.pdf

    According to an abstract found on the page following the title page, this paper includes "one possible conceptual definition of an early Apollo Logistics Support Systems (ALSS) is presented and various payloads for the system are briefly discussed. " It also discusses the Lunar Mobile Laboratory (MOLAB) and other considerations for a lunar scientific mission.
  • spc_stnv_000108.pdf

    This paper focuses on an approach for achieving high reliability within the Navigation, Guidance, and Control systems of the Saturn class launch vehicles.
  • spc_stnv_000109.pdf

    This paper includes the equations for the bending moment of a launch vehicle with the effects of bending and sloshing dynamics. It also includes a comparison between the bending moment response envelope of the measure winds and the bending moment response of the MSFC synthetic wind profile.
  • spc_stnv_000110.pdf

    This paper, presented at the fifth annual Reliability and Maintainability Conference in New York City, contains a "prime contractor's reliability program for components/parts for the Douglas S-IVB stage project." These parts include special flight critical items and their complementary reliability engineering program plan is outlined in this paper.
  • spc_stnv_000112.pdf

    This paper was presented at the International Cryogenic Engineering Conference in Kyoto, Japan. It details the use of cryogenic technology in rocketry and how its usage created "many new techniques and deeply stimulated many fields of cryogenic technology."
  • spc_stnv_000113.pdf

    This paper, which was presented at a Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Rocket Society, traces the role of the United States Army in national space activities. Incorporated in the report are photographs illustrating the evolution of the satellite and space program.
  • spc_stnv_000116.pdf

    "This report outlines, through a series of sketches with accompanying text, the general features of the SA-203 Launch Vehicle and information on launch preparation, the launch facility and mission peculiar experiments."
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