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The a t t a c h e d m a t e r i a l i s a d r a f t of t h e o f f i c i a l 1966 Chronology
o f MSFC, t o be p u b l i s h e d s o o n . We i n v i t e you t o r e a d t h i s c h r o n o l o g y ,
make t h e changes o r a d d i t i o n s you c o n s i d e r n e c e s s a r y , and r e t u r n t h e
copy t o u s a t a n e a r l y d a t e . I f you appove o f t h e m a t e r i a l a s i t
i s , p l e a s e i n i t i a l y o u r a p p r o v a l on t h i s t r a n s m i t t a l l e t t e r and r e t u r n
t o u s , s o we may keep y o u r c o n c u r r e n c e on f i l e .
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c h r o n o l o g y o f t h e C e n t e r ' s 1966 o p e r a t i o n . You a r e on d i s t r i b u t i o n
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S&E-DIR, H. Weidner
S&E-CSE, W . Haeussermann
S&E-ASTR, B . Moore
S&E-QUAL, D. Grau
S&E-AERO, E . G e i s s l e r
S&E-ASTN, K . Heimburg
S&E-ME, M. S i e b e l
PD-DIR, W . Lucas
PD-SA, W . Huber
PD-DO, E. Goerner
PD-AP, H. Becker
PM-DIR, E . O'Connor
PM-COY 0 . H i r s c h
PM-EP, W . Brown
PM-SAT, L. James
PM-MA, G . Constan
F'M-MT, J . Balch
PM-AA, L . Belew
PM-MU, F. S p e e r
A&TS-DIR, D. Newby
A&TS-FAC, C . Huth
A&TS-FIN, T. Hardeman
A&TS-MA, P . S t y l e s
A&TS-PR, G . Buckner
A&TS-TS , D . Foxwor t h y
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PA, F. Haley
CC, W . G u i l i a n
IS-CAS-5, J . Cobb
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EH, E . Ernme
�J A N U A R Y
JANUARY 1:
1 9 6 6
MSFC e x e r c i s e d t h e o p t i o n t o e x t e n d t h e Mason-Rust s u p p o r t
c o n t r a c t a t Michoud Assembly F a c i l i t y (MAF) f o r one y e a r .
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s i o n i n c r e a s e d t h e c o n t r a c t v a l u e by $ 1 3 . 1 m i l l i o n .
The e x t e n -
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Program o f f i c i a l s f o r m a l l y r e d e s i g n a t e d S-11-T, t h e a l l - s y s t e m s t e s t
s t a g e , a s S-11-T/D, t h e a l l - s y s t e m s t e s t l d y n a m i c t e s t s t a g e . 2
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MSFC D i r e c t o r Wernher von Braun named D r . J . C . McCall t o o r g a n i z e and
manage t h e E x p e r i m e n t s and A p p l i c a t i o n s O f f i c e , which would manage
MSFC1s p o r t i o n o f t h e A p o l l o A p p l i c a t i o n s Program. 3
JANUARY 3 :
MSFC awarded t o Lockheed M i s s i l e s and Space Company a MIMOSA
( m i s s i o n modes and s y s t e m a n a l y s i s ) s t u d y c o n t r a c t .
Purpose o f t h e
s t u d y was t o d e f i n e and a n a l y z e p o t e n t i a l s y s t e m c o n c e p t s and programs
a p p l i c a b l e t o b o t h l u n a r e x p l o r a t i o n and s c i e n t i f i c m i s s i o n s f o r
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experiments.
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NASA announced n e g o t i a t i o n of two nine-month s t u d y c o n t r a c t s i n v o l v i n g an
improved and s i m p l i f i e d 5-2 e n g i n e f o r S a t u r n V 1 s S - I 1 and S-IVB
stages.
North American A v i a t i o n , I n c . (NAA),
r e c e i v e d a $148,000
c o n t r a c t and Douglas A i r c r a f t Company a $225,000 m o d i f i c a t i o n t o a n
existing contract.5
JANUARY 4:
MSFC awarded two s t u d y c o n t r a c t s f o r a manned r e u s a b l e s p a c e
t r a n s p o r t system.
$237,000.
Lockheed
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C a l i f o r n i a Company r e c e i v e d one f o r
The o t h e r c o n t r a c t , f o r $51,000, went t o M a r t i n M a r i e t t a
Corporation. 6
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MSFC announced award of f i v e s t u d y c o n t r a c t s t o S a t u r n s t a g e c o n t r a c t o r s .
S t u d i e s i n c l u d e d e i g h t v a r i a t i o n s of improved S a t u r n V v e h i c l e s and
s i x proposed S a t u r n I B c o n f i g u r a t i o n s .
The Boeing Company r e c e i v e d
�one c o n t r a c t , North American A v i a t i o n o n e , Douglas two, and C h r y s l e r
Corporation one. 7
JANUARY 5:
NASA and Radio C o r p o r a t i o n of American (RCA) o f f i c i a l s s i g n e d
a l o g i s t i c s and maintenance c o n t r a c t , NAS8-15496, c o v e r i n g t h e
RCA l l O A computer program f o r S a t u r n I B and S a t u r n V v e h i c l e s .
Amount of t h e two-year c o n t r a c t was $7.8 m i l l i o n .
The l o g i s t i c
s u p p o r t c o n t r a c t covered s e r v i c e s on t h e RCA computer used t o check
S a t u r n I B and S a t u r n V l a u n c h v e h i c l e systems a u t o m a t i c a l l y d u r i n g
m a n u f a c t u r e and l a u n c h . 8
JANUARY 6:
Boeing workmen a t Michoud Assembly F a c i l i t y (MAF) completed
i n t e g r a t e d t e s t i n g on t h e S-IC-F s t a g e and t r a n s f e r r e d i t t o a t e s t
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c e l l f o r w e i g h i n g and p r e p a r a t i o n f o r shipment.
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D o r t e c h , I n c . , completed S-IC T r a n s p o r t e r No. 107 a t Tampa, F l o r i d a ,
and s h i p p e d t h e t r a n s p o r t e r t o MSFC aboard t h e NASA b a r g e L i t t l e
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Lake.
JANUARY 8:
The S-IVB b a t t l e s h i p from Sacramento T e s t C e n t e r , C a l i f o r n i a
(SACTO), a r r i v e d by b a r g e a t South P i t t s b u r g , T e n n e s s e e , e n r o u t e t o
Arnold E n g i n e e r i n g Development C e n t e r a t Tullahoma f o r f u r t h e r
t e s t i n g .I1
JANUARY 10:
Douglas s h i p p e d t h e S-IVB-204 s t a g e , j u s t completed a t i t s
H u n t i n g t o n Beach, C a l i f o r n i a , assembly p l a n t , from S e a l Beach,
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C a l i f o r n i a , t o SACTO a b o a r d t h e b a r g e O r i o n .
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Workmen a t Huntington Beach completed i n s t a l l a t i o n of t h e 5 - 2 e n g i n e
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on S-IVB-205 s t a g e .
�JANUARY 12:
North American A v i a t i o n p e r s o n n e l conducted a f u l l - d u r a t i o n
s t a t i c f i r i n g of t h e S - I 1 s t a g e b a t t l e s h i p a t S a n t a Susana F i e l d
L a b o r a t o r y , C a l i f o r n i a (SSFL).
The f i r i n g had t o be t e r m i n a t e d
m a n u a l l y a t 354 seconds b e c a u s e a n a u t o m a t i c LOX l o w - l e v e l s i g n a l
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c u t o f f did n o t occur.
JANUARY 13:
MSFC announced t h e award of a $ 4 . 1 m i l l i o n m o d i f i c a t i o n of
i t s c o n t r a c t w i t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l Business Machines C o r p o r a t i o n (IBM)
f o r m a n u f a c t u r e of 78 a d d i t i o n a l r e d u n d a n t s w i t c h s e l e c t o r s f o r
S a t u r n V and S a t u r n I B v e h i c l e . 15
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MSFC workmen moved t h e S-IC-D dynamic t e s t s t a g e from M a n u f a c t u r i n g
E n g i n e e r i n g (ME) L a b o r a t o r y b u i l d i n g and h o i s t e d i t i n t o t h e S a t u r n V
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Dynamic T e s t S t a n a
.
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P o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t of t h e "minimum c o n f i g u r a t i o n " S-IC-F s t a g e
ended a t MAF.
T h i s p r o c e d u r e e s t a b l i s h e d t h e s t a g e ' s w e i g h t and
c e n t e r of g r a v i t y . 17
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During a p r e s s u r e t e s t a t SACTO t h e S-IVB common bulkhead t e s t a r t i c l e
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f a i l e d , completely s e v e r i n g t h e bulkhead.
JANUARY 14:
Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MAF l o a d e d S-IC-F,
the Saturn V f a c i l i t i e s
b o o s t e r , a b o a r d t h e b a r g e Poseidon f o r i t s journey t o Kennedy Space
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C e n t e r , F l o r i d a (KSC).
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S-IVB-204 f l i g h t s t a g e a r r i v e d a t SACTO and was i n s t a l l e d i n Beta 3
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Test Stand.
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The S-11-1,
f i r s t S - I 1 f l i g h t s t a g e , completed t h e f i r s t f u l l - s t a g e
h y d r o s t a t i c p r o o f t e s t i n g a t t h e S e a l Beach, C a l i f o r n i a , assembly
p l a n t of North American A v i a t i o n ' s Space and I n f o r m a t i o n Systems
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D i v i s i o n (S&ID).
�With S-IVB-202 s t a g e p o s t - f i r i n g a c t i v i t i e s c o m p l e t e a t
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SACTO, Douglas s h i p p e d t h e s t a g e t o KSC.
JAhrLTARY 15:
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The b a r g e P o s e i d o n l e f t MAE w i t h S-IC-F,
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S-IC-1 p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t ended a t MSFC. 2 4
JANUARY 17:
e n r o u t e t o KSC.
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P e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed t h e h o r i z o n t a l assembly of S-IC-2
and moved t h e s t a g e t o Q u a l i t y and R e l i a b i l i t y Assurance ( Q u a l i t y )
L a b o r a t o r y f o r p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t . 25
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C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t H u n t s v i l l e f i r e d t h e S-IB-4 s t a g e f o r 35.23
s e c o n d s a s s c h e d u l e d . 26
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Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t SACTO began p r o p u l s i o n subsystem c h e c k o u t of t h e
A t e s t a c c i d e n t damaged t h e r e c i r c u l a t i o n pump
and n e c e s s i t a t e d i t s r e p l a c e m e n t . 2 7
S-IVB-203 s t a g e .
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Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s a t H u n t s v i l l e s u c c e s s f u i l y completed v i b r a t i o n t e s t i n g o f t h e G e n e r a l Dynamics S-IU-500V,
f o r t h e S a t u r n V program. 2 8
JANUARY 19:
a vibration t e s t instrument u n i t
The S-IC-F a r r i v e d a t KSC aboard t h e Poseidon f o r u s e i n
c h e c k i n g o u t Launch Complex 39 (LC-39). 2 9
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MSFC t e s t - f i r e d t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e a t H u n t s v i l l e f o r 7 . 3
s e c o n d s . 30
JAhWARY 20:
NASA and Rocketdyne D i v i s i o n of NAA announced c o m p l e t i o n of
J-2 engine q u a l i f i c a t i o n t e s t s .
I n t h e t e s t program a t S a n t a Susana,
Rocketdyne f i r e d a s i n g l e e n g i n e s u c c e s s f u l l y 30 s e p a r a t e t i m e s f o r a
t o t a l f i r i n g time of 3,774 s e c o n d s .3 1
�JANUARY 20:
Workmen removed S-IC-T from t h e S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d a t MSFC
and moved i t t o ME Lab f o r s t o r a g e pending t h e s t a g e ' s c o n v e r s i o n
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t o t h e S-IC-4 c o n f i g u r a t i o n .
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A t MAE Boeing workmen completed i n t e r t a n k assembly o f t h e S-IC-4
f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of t h e s t a g e ' s t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e on J a n u a r y 10. 33
JANUARY 21:
D r . von Braun a p p o i n t e d D r . W i l l i a m R . Lucas d i r e c t o r of t h e
P r o p u l s i o n and V e h i c l e E n g i n e e r i n g (P&VE) L a b o r a t o r y , e f f e c t i v e March 1,
1966. He succeeded F. B. C l i n e , who r e s i g n e d . 34
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MSFC n e g o t i a t e d and s i g n e d w i t h Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n a c o n t r a c t f o r a
m o b i l i t y e v a l u a t i o n and comparisons s t u d y c o n c e r n i n g l u n a r s u r f a c e
v e h i c l e s . 35
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The f o u r t h S a t u r n I B f l i g h t b o o s t e r , S-IB-4, underwent a f u l l - d u r a t i o n
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f i r i n g o f 2% m i n u t e s a t MSFC/Huntsville.
JANUARY 24:
S-IC-1,
MSFC t e c h n i c i a n s moved t h e f i r s t S a t u r n V f l i g h t b o o s t e r ,
t o t h e S-IC S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d and mounted i t i n t h e s t a n d .
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An S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p f i r i n g a t MSFC l a s t e d f o r 100.46 s e c o n d s .
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Damping t e s t s began a t MSFC on t h e S-IC-D s t a g e .
JANUARY 26:
3'7
38
39
MSFC p e r s o n n e l s u c c e s s f u l l y f i r e d f o r t h e f i r s t time a t
s i m u l a t e d a l t i t u d e t h e S-IVB s t a g e a u x i l i a r y p r o p u l s i o n s y s t e m (APS).
The t e s t , c o n d u c t e d i n t h e a l t i t u d e t e s t c e l l a t MSFC, v e r i f i e d t h e
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i n t e g r i t y of t h e Apollo r e g u l a t o r i n t h e APS.
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T e c h n i c i a n s . a t MSFC t e s t - f i r e d t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e f o r 438
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seconds, achieving a l l major t e s t o b j e c t i v e s .
�JANUARY 28:
S t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n and assembly of t h e S-IU-501 was
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completed a t MSFC, and component assembly was s t a r t e d .
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P o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t of S-IVB-501,
the f i r s t f l i g h t Saturn V
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t h i r d s t a g e , ended a t Douglas' Huntington Beach f a c i l i t y .
JANUARY 29:
The f o u r t h f l i g h t S a t u r n I B b o o s t e r s t a g e , S-IB-4,
left
MSFC/Huntsville a b o a r d t h e b a r g e Palaemon f o r MAF where i t would
u n d e r g o p o s t - f i r i n g c h e c k o u t . 44
JANUARY 31:
S-11-F s t a g e moved t o a s t a t i o n a t S e a l Beach f o r s y s t e m
c h e c k o u t , p a i n t i n g , f i n a l c l o s e o u t , and packaging f o r shipment. 45
I N JANUARY:
T e s t p e r s o n n e l moved t h e S-IC-S o x i d i z e r t a n k assembly i n t o
t h e V e r t i c a l Assembly B u i l d i n g (VAB) a t MSFC f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n o f
i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n i n p r e p a r a t i o n of t e s t s i n t h e Load T e s t Annex. 4 6
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S-11-5 s t a g e f i n a l assembly began a t S e a l Beach. 47
�F E B R U A R Y
1 9 6 6
FEBRUARY 1:
S-IB-2 s t a g e , t h e second S a t u r n I B f l i g h t b o o s t e r , d e p a r t e d
1
MAF f o r KSC.
FEBRUARY 2:
The S-IU-200S/500S-I1
s t r u c t u r a l t e s t u n i t f a i l e d a t MSFC
w h i l e b e i n g s u b j e c t e d t o 140 p e r c e n t o f s i m u l a t e d maximum p r e s s u r e
l i m i t loads.
T h i s t e s t completed q u a l i f i c a t i o n o f t h e i n s t r u m e n t
u n i t s t r u c t u r e f o r Saturn I B missions .2
FEBRUARY 3:
James E . Kingsbury would s u c c e e d D r . W. R. Lucas a s Chief o f
t h e M a t e r i a l s D i v i s i o n , P r o p u l s i o n and V e h i c l e E n g i n e e r i n g L a b o r a t o r y ,
t h e MSFC D i r e c t o r announced.
t o r o f t h e P&VE Lab.
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D r . Lucas was named e a r l i e r t o b e D i r e c -
3
Both a p p o i n t m e n t s were t o be e f f e c t i v e March 1.
The a t t e m p t e d f u l l - d u r a t i o n f i r i n g o f t h e S - I 1 S t a g e B a t t l e s h i p a t
S a n t a Susana F i e l d L a b o r a t o r y t e r m i n a t e d a f t e r 14 s e c o n d s o f mains t a g e o p e r a t i o n because of a gas g e n e r a t o r over-temperature s i g n a l
r e s u l t i n g from a f a u l t y c o n n e c t o r .
-
4
Power was a p p l i e d t o S-IC-2 a t Q u a l i t y L a b o r a t o r y f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n
o f s t a g e s t a t u s c h e c k on F e b r u a r y 1 d u r i n g p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k out.
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FEBRUARY 4:
A l l e n g i n e and s t a g e p a r a m e t e r s a p p e a r e d normal d u r i n g t h e
MSFC S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p s t a t i c f i r i n g which l a s t e d 445 s e c o n d s . 6
FEBRUARY 7 :
Workmen a t KSC moved t h e S-IC-F s t a g e i n t o t h e low bay o f
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t h e VAB i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r s t a c k i n g .
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The S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p a t SSFL f i r e d f o r 336 s e c o n d s .
Cutoff occurred
when t h e augmented s p a r k i g n i t e r on e n g i n e 4 r u p t u r e d , c a u s i n g a
�f i r e . The f i r s t S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p p r o p e l l a n t u t i l i z a t i o n t e s t was
s u c c e s s f u l l y completed. 8
FEBRUARY 8 :
Completed a t M i s s i s s i p p i T e s t F a c i l i t y (MTF) and r e l e a s e d by
t h e c o n t r a c t o r was t h e H i g h - P r e s s u r e Water F a c i l i t y , i n c l u d i n g t h r e e
d e e p w e l l s and a 6 0 - m i l l i o n - g a l l o n r e s e r v o i r . 9
FEBRUARY 11-18:
S-IC-D s u s p e n s i o n s y s t e m and damping t e s t s c o n t i n u e d
i n t h e S a t u r n V Dynamic T e s t F a c i l i t y a t MSFC."
FEBRUARY 11:
S-IVB-203 s t a g e p r e - a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g a c t i v i t i e s ended a t
SACTO'S Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d w i t h i n i t i a t i o n o f t h e s i m u l a t e d s t a t i c
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firing test.
FEBRUARY 14:
MSFC Q u a l i t y Lab p e r s o n n e l completed c h e c k o u t o f t h e S-IU-
500FS ( f l i g h t s y s t e m s t e s t u n i t ) .I2
FEBRUARY 17:
The f i r s t t e s t f i r i n g of S-IC-1 o c c u r r e d ahead o f s c h e d u l e
a t MSFC.
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A l l main t e s t o b j e c t i v e s were met i n t h e 40.7-second
t e s t . 13
NASA announced t h e award o f f o u r l u n a r e x p l o r a t i o n s t u d y c o n t r a c t s
v a l u e d a t a b o u t $1.8 m i l l i o n , which would be managed by MSFC.
Lock-
heed M i s s i l e s and Space Company r e c e i v e d a n $897,000 c o n t r a c t f o r a
comprehensive A p o l l o A p p l i c a t i o n s s t u d y known a s MIMOSA ( m i s s i o n
modes and s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s ) .
S u p p o r t i n g s t u d i e s went t o Bendix, f o r
$500,000; t o NAA, f o r $200,000; and t o A i r e s e a r c h M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Company, f o r $200,000. 1 4
FEBRUARY 17-19:
Workmen a t S e a l Beach l o a d e d and t i e d down t h e S-11-F
s t a g e a b o a r d t h e P o i n t Barrow i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r s h i p p i n g t h e s t a g e
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t o KSC.
�FEBRUARY 20:
S-IVB-502 assembly ended w i t h j o i n i n g of t h e a f t s k i r t ,
forward s k i r t , and t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e ; Douglas workmen moved t h e s t a g e
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i n t o t h e c h e c k o u t tower a t Huntington Beach.
A 40.19-second
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o c c u r r e d a t MSFC.
FEBRUARY 21:
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t e s t f i r i n g of t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e
MSFC t e c h n i c i a n s completed d i s a s s e m b l y o f S-IU-500V components i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r r e a s s e m b l y i n t o t h e S-IU-500V-I1 s t r u c t u r e .
General
Dynamics p r o v i d e d t h e S-IU-500V s t r u c t u r e and NAA t h e s t r u c t u r e of
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t h e S-IU-500V-11.
An S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p f i r i n g a t S a n t a Susana ended a f t e r
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69 s e c o n d s .
FEBRUARY 22:
FEBRUARY 24:
A f t e r s e v e r a l a t t e m p t s a t a f u l l - d u r a t i o n t e s t , S&ID p e r -
s o n n e l a t SSFL conducted a 365-second f i r i n g of t h e S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p
stage.
FEBRUARY 25:
A l l primary t e s t o b j e c t i v e s were s a t i s f i e d . 2 0
I n i t s second s t a t i c t e s t , s c h e d u l e d f o r 125 s e c o n d s , S-IC-1
f i r e d 8 3 . 2 s e c o n d s ; an o b s e r v e r t e r m i n a t e d t h e t e s t a f t e r r e c e i v i n g
a n i n c o r r e c t r e a d i n g from a f a u l t y t r a n s d u c e r .
O f f i c i a l s decided
t h a t no f u r t h e r f i r i n g was r e q u i r e d . 2 1
-
The S-IU-500F,
r e d e s i g n a t e d and m o d i f i e d w i t h components from t h e
S-IU-200Fl500F which was damaged a t KSC l a t e i n 1965, was completed
at ~ s ~ c . 2 2
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The S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p a t S a n t a Susana f i r e d f o r 361 s e c o n d s and c u t o f f
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a u t o m a t i c a l l y upon LOX d e p l e t i o n .
�FEBRUARY 26:
AS-201,
t h e f i r s t S a t u r n I B f l i g h t v e h i c l e , was s u c c e s s f u l l y
l a u n c h e d from LC-34 a t Cape Kennedy a t 11:12 a.m. EST.
Unmanned A p o l l o
s p a c e c r a f t 009 was b o o s t e d i n t o s u b o r b i t a l f l i g h t by S a t u r n I B l a u n c h
v e h i c l e SA-201 t o q u a l i f y t h e Command Module (CM) h e a t s h i e l d i n g , t h e
S e r v i c e Module (SM) p r o p u l s i o n s y s t e m , m a j o r s p a c e c r a f t s y s t e m s , and
t h e launch v e h i c l e - s p a c e c r a f t combination.
were normal.
L i f t o f f and powered f l i g h t
F o l l o w i n g a seven-minute b u r n o f t h e S-IVB s t a g e , t h i s
second s t a g e and i n s t r u m e n t u n i t s e p a r a t e d from t h e s p a c e c r a f t .
s p a c e c r a f t r e a c h e d a l t i t u d e o f 310 m i l e s .
The
The d e s c e n d i n g SM performed
a n u l l a g e maneuver, f i r i n g t h e r e a c t i o n c o n t r o l s y s t e m r o c k e t s f o r 3 0
seconds t o i n c r e a s e t h e s p a c e c r a f t ' s r e e n t r y speed.
propulsion engine f i r e d twice--for
The SM's main
100 s e c o n d s and f o r 1 0 s e c o n d s .
The
SM was j e t t i s o n e d , and t h e CM r e e n t e r e d t h e e a r t h ' s atmosphere a t a b o u t
27,000 f e e t p e r second.
The s p a c e c r a f t ' s h e a t s h i e l d w i t h s t o o d r e e n t r y
h e a t of about 4,000 degrees F a h r e n h e i t .
The t h r e e main p a r a c h u t e s
d e p l o y e d a t 1 2 , 0 0 0 f e e t a l t i t u d e , and t h e CM s p l a s h e d i n t o t h e A t l a n t i c
a t 1 1 : 5 1 a.m.
EST w i t h i n 35 m i l e s o f t h e t a r g e t .
A h e l i c o p t e r from t h e
USS Boxer r e c o v e r e d t h e s p a c e c r a f t ; i t was i n "good" c o n d i t i o n .
o f f i c i a l s c a l l e d t h e m i s s i o n "a c o m p l e t e s u c c e s s . 1, 24
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NASA
P e r s o n n e l a t SACTO s u c c e s s f u l l y accomplished t h e S-IVB-203 s t a g e
a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g a f t e r u n s u c c e s s f u l a t t e m p t s F e b r u a r y 1 8 and 22.
The s i n g l e 5-2 e n g i n e had a m a i n s t a g e f i r i n g o f 284.9 s e c o n d s f o l lowed by a s i m u l a t e d t w o - o r b i t c o a s t p e r i o d w i t h e n g i n e r e s t a r t cond i t i o n p r e p a r a t i o n s a f t e r e a c h o r b i t . 25
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Workmen a t S e a l Beach completed t h e S-11-3 a f t s k i r t l t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e
a s s e m b l y . 26
FEBRUARY 28:
S t a g e c h e c k o u t o f S-IVB-502 began a t Douglas' H u n t i n g t o n
Beach f a c i l i t y f o l l o w i n g t h e F e b r u a r y 17 i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e s t a g e ' s
5-2 e n g i n e . 27
�FEBRUARY 28:
The S-IB-5 s t a g e , which had a r r i v e d a t MSFC on t h e b a r g e
Palaemon F e b r u a r y 27, was i n s t a l l e d i n t h e S t a t i c T e s t Tower E a s t
f o r f i r i n g . 28
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V e r t i c a l assembly o f S-IC-4 began a t MAF; Boeing p e r s o n n e l had comp l e t e d forward s k i r t assembly on F e b r u a r y 8 and h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t o f
t h e f u e l t a n k on F e b r u a r y 1 0 . 29
I N FEBRUARY:
V e r t i c a l b u i l d u p o f t h e S-11-2 commenced f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n
o f forward s k i r t and a f t LOX bulkhead a s s e m b l i e s a t S e a l Beach. 3 0
�MARCH 1:
The AS-203 v e h i c l e ' s n o s e c o n e , which was manufactured a t MSFC,
was s h i p p e d t o KSC. 1
-
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ME L a b o r a t o r y p e r s o n n e l completed f i n a l c h e c k o u t of t h e bonding a u t o 2
c l a v e i n B u i l d i n g 4707.
MSFC awarded a o n e - y e a r $1.6 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t t o L i n g Temco V o u g h t ' s
Range Systems D i v i s i o n t o f u r n i s h t e c h n i c i a n s t o o p e r a t e computers
a t MAF'S Computer O p e r a t i o n s , S l i d e l l , L o u i s i a n a . 3
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A 412.44-second
f i r i n g o f t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p a t MSFC ended w i t h a
c u t o f f c a u s e d by f u e l d e p l e t i o n .
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4
The b a r g e P o s e i d o n d e p a r t e d MSFC/Huntsville c a r r y i n g t o KSC t h r e e
S a t u r n V s e r v i c e arms p l u s t h e S-IU-500F and t h e n o s e cone f o r t h e
5
LH2 e x p e r i m e n t v e h i c l e , AS-203.
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Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed c i r c u i t checks and ground equipment
t e s t s e t c h e c k s o f e l e c t r i c a l s u p p o r t equipment on t h e S a t u r n V
Systems Development F a c i l i t y (SDF). 6
MARCH 4:
The S - I 1 s t a g e B a t t l e s h i p a t SSFL f i r e d f o r a planned 360 seconds
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o f m a i n s t a g e o p e r a t i o n . C u t o f f came w i t h LH2 d e p l e t i o n .
-
NASA announced c o n v e r s i o n o f t h e Boeing S-IC s t a g e prime c o n t r a c t from
a f i x e d - f e e t o a n i n c e n t i v e - f e e t y p e of c o n t r a c t .
S a t u r n s t a g e c o n t r a c t t o be s o c o n v e r t e d .
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c o n v e r s i o n was $850.1 m i l l i o n .
I t was t h e f i r s t
The c o n t r a c t ' s v a l u e upon
�MARCH 4:
The S-11-F s t a g e and i t s i n t e r s t a g e on t h e P o i n t Barrow a r r i v e d
a t P o r t C a n a v e r a l , F l o r i d a , 12 days a f t e r d e p a r t i n g t h e assembly
p l a n t a t Sea1 Beach on F e b r u a r y 20. 9
MARCH 6:
Workmen a t KSC'S LC-39 moved t h e S-11-F s t a g e and i n t e r s t a g e
i n t o t h e VAB low bay i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r s , t a c k i n g a s p a r t o f t h e
S a t u r n V f a c i l i t y c h e c k o u t v e h i c l e , SA-SOOF. 1 0
MARCH 7:
MSFC announced t h a t a l l p r i m a r y m i s s i o n o b j e c t i v e s of t h e AS-201
m i s s i o n F e b r u a r y 26 were a c h i e v e d and t h a t t h e f l i g h t was v e r y
s a t i s f a c t o r y a c c o r d i n g t o i n i t i a l e v a l u a t i o n of t e s t r e s u l t s .
Guid-
a n c e and c o n t r o l s y s t e m s performed w e l l , b o t h S-IB and S-IVB s t a g e
t r a j e c t o r i e s and v e l o c i t i e s were n o r m a l , and no s t r u c t u r a l problems
w e r e found i n e i t h e r s t a g e o r t h e i n s t r u m e n t u n i t .
The q u a l i t y of
d a t a r e c e i v e d a t ground s t a t i o n s was " e x c e l l e n t , " and few l o s s e s
o c c u r r e d i n t h e e x p e c t e d 1300 measurements t h a t were t e l e m e t e r e d . 11
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C o n s t r u c t i o n began a t S e a l Beach on t h e new S - I 1 s t a g e subassembly
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b u i l d i n g f o r which t h e c o n t r a c t was awarded March 2 .
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S&ID t e c h n i c i a n s f i n i s h e d i n s t a l l i n g t h e f i v e 5-2 e n g i n e s on t h e S-11-1
s t a g e a t S e a l Beach f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n o f s t a g e assembly on
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February 27.
Boeing p e r s o n n e l p l a c e d t h e S-IC-3 s t a g e i n t h e S t a g e Checkout
B u i l d i n g a t MAF f o r p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t . 1 4
MARCH 9:
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A s t a t i c f i r i n g of t h e MSFC S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p ended a f t e r 2.15 s e c o n d s
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when t e r m i n a t e d by a g a s g e n e r a t o r o v e r - t e m p e r a t u r e d e v i c e .
MARCH 10:
S t r u c t u r a l t e s t p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC t e s t e d t h e S-IC q u a r t e r - s c a l e
i n t e r t a n k t o t h e p o i n t of f a i l u r e .
The t e s t specimen f a i l e d a t
�1 5 0 p e r c e n t of combined a x i a l l o a d , bending moment, and s h e a r i n
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a cryogenic environment,
MARCH 10:
The S-IU-500FS was flown from H u n t s v i l l e t o t h e Douglas
H u n t i n g t o n Beach p l a n t aboard t h e Super Guppy a i r c r a f t i n p r e p 17
a r a t i o n f o r t h e S-IVBIIU t e s t program t h e r e .
NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s approved t h e Boeing procurement p l a n f o r
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s t a g e s S-IC-11 t h r o u g h S-IC-15.
MARCH 11:
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Douglas s h i p p e d t h e S-IVB-501 s t a g e from Huntington Beach t o SACTO
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f o r acceptance f i r i n g s .
MARCH 14: S-IC-1 was removed from t h e t e s t s t a n d a t MSFC and p l a c e d i n
ME L a b ' s new h a n g a r ( B u i l d i n g 4755) f o r r e f u r b i s h m e n t p r i o r t o s t a r t
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o f p o s t - s t a t i c checkout.
-
Rocketdyne s u c c e s s f u l l y completed t h e r e l i a b i l i t y d e m o n s t r a t i o n program
f o r t h e 230,000-pound-thrust
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engine.
MARCH 15:
( 2 3 0 ~ )c o n f i g u r a t i o n of t h e 5-2
KSC workmen i n s t a l l e d S-IC-F i n Launch U m b i l i c a l Tower No. 1
(LUT-1) a t LC-39. 2 2
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An S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p t e s t f i r i n g a t SSFL l a s t e d f o r 349 seconds m a i n s t a g e
o p e r a t i o n , u n t i l d e p l e t i o n of LH2.
A t h i r d t e s t s c h e d u l e d f o r March
was c a n c e l l e d , c o m p l e t i n g t h e B a t t l e s h i p t e s t i n g - s e r i e s f o r t h e
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current schedule.
MARCH 18:
S-IVB-204 s t a g e a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g was s u c c e s s f u l l y performed
on t h e f i r s t a t t e m p t a t SACTO's Beta 3 T e s t S t a n d .
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d u r a t i o n was 451.2 s e c o n d s .
The m a i n s t a g e
�MARCH 19:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t Huntington Beach completed f a c t o r y check-
o u t of t h e S-IVB-500ST,
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S a t u r n V program.
-
t h e MSFC t h i r d s t a g e s i m u l a t o r f o r t h e
Assembly of S-IC-3 a t MAF proceeded s l o w l y because of hardware s h o r t a g e s and d e s i g n c h a n g e s .
t h e s y s tems t e s t a r e a . 2 6
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Workmen d e l i v e r e d t h e i n c o m p l e t e s t a g e t o
Douglas p e r s o n n e l removed S-IVB-203 s t a g e from Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d a t
SACTO f o r c o m p l e t i o n of p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t .27
MARCH 20-24:
The S-IVB-D dynamic t e s t s t a g e was l o a d e d a b o a r d t h e Super
Guppy a t H u n t s v i l l e f o r a n a i r c r a f t f l i g h t t e s t t o and from t h e
Los A l a m i t o s Naval A i r S t a t i o n , C a l i f o r n i a .
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d e v e l o p e d on t h e f l i g h t .
MARCH 21:
The S-IVB-501,
No s i g n i f i c a n t problems
f i r s t S a t u r n V S-IVB f l i g h t s t a g e , was i n s t a l l e d
on Beta T e s t S t a n d a t SACTO by Douglas workmen f o l l o w i n g i t s a r r i v a l
from t h e Huntington Beach assembly p l a n t March 1 5 . 29
-
MTF c l o s e d t o t h r o u g h t r a f f i c t h e s e c t i o n of S t a t e Highway 43 which
crossed the f a c i l i t y .
A bypass had been completed.
The c l o s i n g was
i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r r o c k e t s t a g e s t a t i c t e s t s a t MTF, s c h e d u l e d t o
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begin s h o r t l y .
- S-IVB-205 s t a g e c h e c k o u t ended a t Huntington Beach f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n
of a s s e m b l y .
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I n t e g r a t i o n of e l e c t r i c a l s u p p o r t equipment and s t a g e e l e c t r i c a l
s i m u l a t o r s was completed on t h e S a t u r n V SDF a t M S F C . ~ ~
�MARC11 23:
C h r y s l e r t e s t p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC performed a s h o r t - d u r a t i o n
f i r i n g o f 35 s e c o n d s on S-IB-5 s t a g e .
A l l s t a g e s y s t e m s performed
s a t i s f a c t o r i l y -33
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MSFC T e s t L a b o r a t o r y p e r s o n n e l c o n d u c t e d a f o u r - h o u r t e s t of t h e
Saturn
MARCH 24:
IBIS-IVB
APS
module.
A l l module s y s t e m s o p e r a t e d s a t i s f a c t o r i l y . 3 4
NASA announced t h e d e c i s i o n t o n e g o t i a t e i n c e n t i v e c o n t r a c t s
t o t a l i n g $315 m i l l i o n w i t h Boeing and Rocketdyne f o r p r o c u r e m e n t of
f i v e a d d i t i o n a l S-IC s t a g e s and 33 F - 1 e n g i n e s f o r t h e S a t u r n V
v e h i c l e program.
The Boeing c o n t r a c t was f o r $165 m i l l i o n ; t h e
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Rocketdyne c o n t r a c t , $150 m i l l i o n .
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A f l e e t o f n i n e NASA b a r g e s f o r t r a n s p o r t of c r y o g e n i c p r o p e l l a n t s
(LOX and LH2) had been p l a c e d i n s e r v i c e on i n l a n d w a t e r w a y s between
New O r l e a n s and MTF, a c c o r d i n g t o an announcement by A i r P r o d u c t s
and C h e m i c a l s , I n c .
(APCI).
The d o u b l e w a l l t a n k s , t h r e e c a r r y i n g
2 5 0 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s e a c h o f h y d r o g e n , and s i x o f 1 0 5 , 0 0 0 - g a l l o n oxygen
c a p a c i t y , would p e r m i t pumping o f l i q u i d s d i r e c t l y i n t o r o c k e t
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t a n k s a t MTF t e s t s t a n d s
.
MARCH 25:
The S-11-F s e c o n d s t a g e of t h e S a t u r n V f a c i l i t i e s c h e c k o u t
v e h i c l e was mated w i t h t h e S-IC-F i n t h e VAB a t KSC1s Launch Complex
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D u r i n g t h e week p e r s o n n e l a t KSC1s LC-39 c o m p l e t e d i n s t a l l a t i o n o f
S a t u r n V o p e r a t i o n a l d i s p l a y s i n Launch C o n t r o l C e n t e r F i r i n g Room
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No. 1.
MARCH 28-29:
T e c h n i c i a n s a t KSC s t a c k e d t h e S-IVB-F a t o p t h e S-IC-F
and S-11-F t o form t h e S a t u r n V f a c i l i t i e s c h e c k o u t v e h i c l e i n t h e
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VAB
.
�MARCH 29:
O f f i c i a l s a t KSC p r o v i s i o n a l l y a c c e p t e d t h e d i s c r e t e c o n t r o l
systems f o r LC-39's F i r i n g Room No. 1 and Launch U m b i l i c a l Tower
No. 1.40
MARCH 30:
Douglas completed r e p a i r s on t h e S-IVB-503 LOX t a n k a t
H u n t i n g t o n Beach and conducted f i n a l h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n g .
Tank
damage had o c c u r r e d d u r i n g a h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n F e b r u a r y 1966.
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S t a t i o n v e r i f i c a t i o n t e s t s b e g a n on t h e I n s t r u m e n t U n i t Checkout
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Station a t I ~ M / ~ u n t s v i l l e .
-
F o l l o w i n g i n s t a l l a t i o n i n t o Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d a t SACTO March 21, t h e
S-IVB-501 underwent c o m p l e t i o n of "hookup" t o t h e f a c i l i t y and
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ground s u p p o r t equipment; power was t h e n a p p l i e d t o t h e s t a g e .
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Douglas A i r c r a f t Company t u r n e d o v e r S-IVB-500ST,
t h e MSFC S t a g e
s i m u l a t o r f o r t h e S a t u r n V SDF, t o NASA a t C o u r t l a n d , C a l i f o r n i a ,
f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t March 1 9 .
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s i m u l a t o r was t h e n flown t o H u n t s v i l l e by t h e Super Guppy.
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The
KSC t e c h n i c i a n s mated t h e S-IU-500F t o t h e S-IVB-F on t h e S a t u r n V
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f a c i l i t i e s c h e c k o u t v e h i c l e a t LC-39.
MARCH 31:
F i n a l assembly o p e r a t i o n s on t h e S-IC-5 t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e ,
i n t e r t a n k , and forward s k i r t were on s c h e d u l e a t MAF. 4 6
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C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC s t a t i c - f i r e d t h e S-IB-5 s t a g e f o r 2%
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minutes.
I N MARCH:
MSFC p e r s o n n e l conducted f i v e s i n g l e F-1 e n g i n e f i r i n g s a t
t h e West Area F-1 T e s t S t a n d .
The t e s t s i n c l u d e d 40-second f i r i n g s
on March 1 8 ( t w o ) , March 21, and March 22, and a t e s t l a s t i n g 9 6 . 8 3
s e c o n d s on March 29. 4 8
�I N MARCH:
T e c h n i c i a n s began i n s t a l l i n g v e r t i c a l f i n s , f a i r i n g s , and
r e t r o r o c k e t s on t h e S-IC-D dynamic t e s t s t a g e i n t h e MSFC S a t u r n V
Dynamic T e s t S t a n d .
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- . T e c h n i c i a n s a t MSFC completed s t r u c t u r a l t e s t s s t a r t e d i n F e b r u a r y
on t h e S-IC-S f u e l t a n k l t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e i n t e r t a n k a s s e m b l y .
down o f t h i s t e s t s e t u p was i n p r o g r e s s a t t h e end o f March.
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Tear-
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MSFC c o n t r a c t o r s s t a r t e d c o n s t r u c t i o n and s i t e work f o r c o n v e r t i n g
t h e MSFC S-IC S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d t o s u p p o r t t h e S-11-1 s t a g e .
MSFC
a u t h o r i z e d NAA t o proceed w i t h l o g i s t i c s e f f o r t f o r s t a n d c o n v e r s i o n .
L a t e r i n t h e month NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s d i s a p p r o v e d t h e MSFC p r o p o s a l
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f o r c o n v e r s i o n of t h e s t a n d , and m o d i f i c a t i o n work s t o p p e d .
�A P R I L
APRIL 1:
1 9 6 6
NASA announced t r a n s f e r o f t h e RLlO hydrogen e n g i n e p r o j e c t
from MSFC t o Lewis R e s e a r c h C e n t e r , C l e v e l a n d , Ohio.
The RLlO
e n g i n e was used t o power t h e second s t a g e of t h e S a t u r n I v e h i c l e
and was t h e p r i m a r y p r o p u l s i o n s y s t e m a l s o f o r t h e C e n t a u r s p a c e
vehicle.
1
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C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l conducted a f u l l - d u r a t i o n 2%-minute f i r i n g of
S-IB-5 s t a g e a t H u n t s v i l l e . 2
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MSFC r e c e i v e d a t H u n t s v i l l e t h e S-IVB-500ST s t a g e s i m u l a t o r , t r a n s p o r t e d i t t o t h e S a t u r n V SDF, and began t o p r e p a r e i t f o r e r e c t i o n
i n the f a c i l i t y . 3
APRIL 3:
S&ID workmen a t S e a l Beach completed assembly of t h e s p e c i a l
S - I 1 High F o r c e T h r u s t Complex f o r u s e i n a t e s t i n g program a t Wyle
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Laboratories, Huntsville.
APRIL 4:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l s h i p p e d S-IVB-203 t o KSC v i a t h e Super Guppy
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aircraft
.
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NASA announced a change i n t h e sequence of t h e n e x t two A p o l l o / S a t u r n
I B launches:
AS-203 would f l y b e f o r e AS-202, and b o t h l a u n c h e s
w e r e s c h e d u l e d f o r t h e t h i r d q u a r t e r of 1966. 6
APRIL 5:
Two c r y o g e n i c t a n k b a r g e s a r r i v e d a t MTF c a r r y i n g 196,000
g a l l o n s of LOX f o r t h e upcoming s t a t i c f i r i n g of t h e S-11-T/D
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stage
.
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MSFC announced award of c o s t - p l u s - i n c e n t i v e - f e e
contracts totaling
more t h a n $61 m i l l i o n t o n i n e f i r m s f o r e n g i n e e r i n g , f a b r i c a t i o n ,
�and i n s t i t u t i o n a l s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s i n t h e S a t u r n l a u n c h v e h i c l e
program.
R e c e i v i n g one-year r e n e w a l s under o p t i o n s of c o n t r a c t s
o r i g i n a l l y awarded i n 1965 were: S p e r r y Rand C o r p o r a t i o n , V i t r o
C o r p o r a t i o n , Brown E n g i n e e r i n g Company, Spaco, I n c . ,
Northrop
C o r p o r a t i o n , Hayes I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o r p o r a t i o n , Management S e r v i c e s ,
Inc.,
APRIL 5:
R u s t E n g i n e e r i n g Company, and RCA S e r v i c e Company. 8
Douglas p e r s o n n e l moved S-IVB-208 s t a g e i n t o t h e i n s u l a t i o n
chamber a t Huntington Beach f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n of i n s u l a t i o n . 9
APRIL 6:
NASA and Rocketdyne s i g n e d a $7.6 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t m o d i f i c a t i o n
c o v e r i n g procurement o f 22 a d d i t i o n a l H - 1 e n g i n e s f o r t h e S a t u r n I B
v e h i c l e program p l u s t h r e e y e a r s of s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s . 1 0
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The Super Guppy a i r c r a f t d e l i v e r e d t h e S-IVB-203 s t a g e from SACTO
t o KSC a f t e r a d e l a y e n r o u t e . 11
APRIL 7:
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The S-IB-3 s t a g e l e f t MAF by b a r g e f o r KSC. 1 2
A f t e r c o m p l e t i o n of S-IVB-503 h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n g i n l a t e March,
Douglas moved t h e s t a g e t a n k assembly t o t h e i n s u l a t i o n chamber.
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13
North American A v i a t i o n d e l i v e r e d S-IU-500V-I1 s t r u c t u r e t o Wyle
L a b o r a t o r i e s a t H u n t s v i l l e a f t e r c o m p l e t i n g component assembly
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t h e p r e v i o u s day. V i b r a t i o n t e s t i n g was s c h e d u l e d a t Wyle.
APRIL 8:
workmen a t
S&ID'S
S e a l Beach assembly p l a n t completed v e r t i c a l
b u i l d u p of t h e S-11-2 f l i g h t s t a g e . 15
APRIL 9-13:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l t r a n s p o r t e d t h e S-IVB-205 s t a g e from
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H u n t i n g t o n Beach t o SACTO by way of t h e NASA b a r g e O r i o n .
�APRIL 13:
P e r s o n n e l a t t h e MSFC Load T e s t Annex removed t h e S-IC-S f u e l
t a n k from t h e f a c i l i t y f o l l o w i n g teardown of t h e f u e l t a n k l t h r u s t
s t r u c t u r e l i n t e r t a n k s e t u p . 17
APRIL 14:
Workmen completed r e i n s t a l l a t i o n on S-IC-2 s t a g e of a l l f i v e
F-1 e n g i n e s which had been removed f o r c l e a n i n g because o f contam18
i n a t i o n of t h e e n g i n e s by h y d r a u l i c f l u i d .
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H y d r o s t a t i c t e s t of t h e LOX and LH2 t a n k of S-11-2 ended a t S e a l ~ e a c h . l ~
A f t e r u p d a t i n g S-IU-500ST t o f u n c t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n , MSFC
MID-APRIL:
p e r s o n n e l p o s i t i o n e d t h e I U a t o p t h e S-IVB forward s e c t i o n i n t h e
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S a t u r n V SDF and s t a r t e d s y s tern t e s t s
.
APRIL 1 7 :
Workmen a t MTF completed t h e LH2 t a n k i n g t e s t on t h e S-11-T/D
.
s t a g e 21
APRIL 18:
S&ID completed systems i n s t a l l a t i o n on S-11-1 s t a g e a t
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S e a l Beach.
APRIL 19-21:
Nine a s t r o n a u t s v i s i t e d MSFC f o r b r i e f i n g on t h e S a t u r n I B
launch v e h i c l e .
A t t e n d i n g were V i r g i l I . Grissom, James A. M c D i v i t t ,
David R . S c o t t , R u s s e l l S c h w e i k a r t , Edward H. White 11, Frank Borman,
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W a l t e r M. S c h i r r a , J r . , Roger C h a f f e e , and W a l t e r Cunningham.
APRIL 20:
S&ID t r a n s f e r r e d S-11-1 s t a g e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y from m a n u f a c t u r i n g
t o t e s t o p e r a t i o n s a t S e a l Beach, p a v i n g t h e way f o r a u t o m a t i c s t a g e
systems checkout i n i t i a t i o n . 2 1
APRIL 21:
NASA s i g n e d c o n t r a c t s t h i s week w i t h Douglas, McDonnell A i r c r a f t
C o r p o r a t i o n , and Grumman A i r c r a f t E n g i n e e r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n c o v e r i n g
d e f i n i t i o n s t u d i e s of t h e S-IVB s p e n t s t a g e e x p e r i m e n t s u p p o r t
�module (SSESM).
Each of t h e t h r e e 60-day A p o l l o A p p l i c a t i o n s con25
t r a c t s was v a l u e d a t $50,000.
S t a t i c f i r i n g of t h e S-11-T/D a l l - s y s t e m s t e s t s t a g e o c c u r r e d a t
APRIL 23:
MTF.
T h i s 15-second t e s t marked t h e f i r s t o p e r a t i o n a l u s e of t h e
t e s t s t a n d and t h e f i r s t time a f l i g h t - w e i g h t S - I 1 s t a g e had been
fired.
APRIL 25:
Almost a l l t e s t o b j e c t i v e s were a c h i e v e d . 2 6
S&ID d e l i v e r e d t h e S - I 1 High-Force T h r u s t Complex t o H u n t s v i l l e
f o r t e s t i n g a t Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s . 2 7
-
Douglas completed t h e S-IVB-204 s t a g e s i m u l a t e d f l i g h t t e s t a t SACTO. 2 8
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S&ID t e c h n i c i a n s a t S e a l Beach began t h e v e r t i c a l b u i l d u p of S-11-3
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f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of t h e common bulkhead on A p r i l 1 8 .
-
MSFC ME Lab d e l i v e r e d t o Q u a l i t y Lab t h e S-IC-2 s t a g e f o r post-manu30
f a c t u r i n g checkout.
APRIL 28:
The t h i r d 200-second s t a t i c f i r i n g d u r i n g A p r i l of t h e S-IVB
b a t t l e s h i p o c c u r r e d a t MSFC.
stage.
APRIL 29:
T h i s was t h e 2 1 s t f i r i n g t e s t of t h i s
The o t h e r A p r i l t e s t s were on A p r i l 7 and A p r i l 1 3 . 31
A t e s t a c c i d e n t a t MSFCseverely buckled t h e f u e l t a n k upper
b u l k h e a d i n t e n d e d f o r t h e S-IC-5 s t a g e .
Officials considered the
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b u l k h e a d n o t r e p a i r a b l e and o r d e r e d t h a t i t be r e p l a c e d .
I N APRIL:
MSFC p e r s o n n e l completed t h e S-IVB s t a g e APS development
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firing tests
.
-
F-1 e n g i n e t e s t s i n MSFC's West Area o c c u r r e d f o u r t i m e s .
41.9-second t e s t on A p r i l 7 , a 64.7-second
There was a
f i r i n g A p r i l 1 9 , a 40.6-
second t e s t A p r i l 7 , and a 145.5-second f i r i n g A p r i l 2 8 . 34
�I N APRIL:
S-IVB-502 s t a g e c h e c k o u t c o n t i n u e d toward c o m p l e t i o n a t t h e
H u n t i n g t o n Beach V e r t i c a l Checkout L a b o r a t o r y .
hampered c h e c k o u t a c t i v i t i e s . 35
Parts shortages
�M A Y
MAY 2:
1 9 6 6
V i b r a t i o n t e s t i n g of S-IU-200V-11,
which began on A p r i l 2 5 ,
e n d e d a t Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s , H u n t s v i l l e . 1
MAY 2-6:
MSFC p e r s o n n e l a t H u n t s v i l l e f i r e d t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p t h r e e
times.
On May 2 t h e s t a g e f i r e d f o r 1 5 1 s e c o n d s ; t h e t e s t May 4
l a s t e d 200 s e c o n d s ; and t h e May 6 f i r i n g was f o r 323 s e c o n d s .
L
MAY 3:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l r e p e a t e d t h e s i m u l a t e d f l i g h t t e s t o f S-IVB-204
s t a g e and p l a c e d t h e s t a g e i n s t o r a g e a t SACTO u n t i l n e e d e d . 3
MAY 4:
NASA announced s e l e c t i o n of ARINC R e s e a r c h C o r p o r a t i o n and ITT/
Federal E l e c t r i c Corporation f o r competitive n e g o t i a t i o n s leading
t o a $1.7 m i l l i o n , one-year c o n t r a c t t o provide t e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t
f o r t h e S a t u r n l a u n c h v e h i c l e r e l i a b i l i t y program a t MSFC. 4
MAY 4-5:
MSFC T e s t L a b o r a t o r y c o n d u c t e d two f i r i n g s of a n F-1 e n g i n e i n
t h e W e s ~T e s t A r e a .
The May 4 t e s t l a s t e d 1 5 1 . 7 s e c o n d s ; t h e May 5
f i r i n g was f o r 1 5 0 s e c o n d s .
MAY 5 :
Both t e s t s w e r e s a t i s f a c t o r y . 5
A s m a l l hydrogen-oxygen b u r n i n g e n g i n e o r i g i n a l l y d e v e l o p e d f o r
t h e S a t u r n 1 ' s S-IV second s t a g e was b e i n g a d a p t e d f o r u s e i n t h e
S a t u r n V ' s S-IVB t h i r d s t a g e , MSFC announced.
The s m a l l e n g i n e was
b e i n g m o d i f i e d by Douglas a t H u n t i n g t o n Beach t o s e r v e a s a h e a t e r
f o r e x p a n d i n g t h e h e l i u m g a s u s e d i n r e p r e s s u r i z i n g t h e S-IVB p r o p e l l a n t tanks i n space.
I t s u s e was t o p r o v i d e a n 800-pound p a y l o a d
g a i n through weight r e d u c t i o n .
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a hydrogen-oxygen b u r n e r .
MAY 6:
The t w o - f o o t - h i g h e n g i n e was c a l l e d
MSFC announced s e l e c t i o n o f Computer S c i e n c e s C o r p o r a t i o n and
G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c Company's Computer D i v i s i o n f o r c o m p e t i t i v e
�n e g o t i a t i o n s l e a d i n g t o a o n e - y e a r , $6 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t t o p r o v i d e
s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s t o t h e Computation L a b o r a t o r y .
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MSFC r e c e i v e d i t s f i r s t u p r a t e d 5-2 r o c k e t e n g i n e f o r s t a t i c
MAY 6:
firing.
Rocketdyne had i n c r e a s e d t h e e n g i n e ' s maximum t h r u s t t o
230,000 pounds f o r u s e i n S a t u r n I B and S a t u r n V upper s t a g e s . 8
-
Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s r e t u r n e d S-IU-500V-I1
o f a v i b r a t i o n t e s t program. 9
-
MSFC p r e s e n t e d t o t h e S m i t h s o n i a n I n s t i t u t i o n ' s N a t i o n a l A i r and Space
t o MSFC a f t e r c o m p l e t i o n o f
Museum two r o c k e t e n g i n e s , a n RLlO and an 11-1.
p l a y e d key r o l e s i n t h e U.S.
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t h e museum.
MAY 9 :
These e n g i n e s which
s p a c e program would be d i s p l a y e d a t
I n t e g r a t e d systems c h e c k o u t o f S-IVB-501 ended a t SACTO's Beta 1
T e s t S t a n d i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g t e s t s o f t h e s t a g e .ll
-
S-IVB-502 s t a g e c h e c k o u t ended a t H u n t i n g t o n ~ e a c h . l ~
MAY 10:
ME Lab p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed work on f u l l - s c a l e Lunar
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Module mockups.
MAY 11:
A s t a t i c f i r i n g of S-11-T/D a t MTF ended a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 46
s e c o n d s b e c a u s e of a f a u l t y i n d i c a t i o n of o v e r - t e m p e r a t u r e i n one
e n g i n e Is g a s g e n e r a t o r . l4
MAY 12:
ME Lab p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed p o s t - f i r i n g r e f u r b i s h m e n t o f
S-IC-1 and moved t h e s t a g e t o Q u a l i t y Lab f o r p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t . 15
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.
S -1C-2 completed pos t-manufac t u r i n g c h e c k o u t a t MSFC l6
�MAY 12:
A f t e r S-IVB-207 s t a g e j o i n i n g o p e r a t i o n s and i n s t a l l a t i o n s which
ended May 1 0 , workmen began f a c t o r y c h e c k o u t of t h e s t a g e a t Huntingt o n Beach
."
MAY 13:
I n i t i a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f power t o t h e SA-500F f a c i l i t y c h e c k o u t
v e h i c l e i n t h e VAB a t KSC o c c u r r e d a s s c h e d u l e d . 1a
MAY 15:
P o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t of S-IC-3 was i n t e r r u p t e d a t MAF
when a b o u t 50 p e r c e n t c o m p l e t e t o accommodate a planned p e r i o d o f
s t a g e m o d i f i c a t i o n . 19
MAY 17:
MSFC t e c h n i c i a n s moved S-IC-2 s t a g e t o t h e s t a t i c t e s t s t a n d and
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placed it i n p o s i t i o n a t Huntsville.
-
S&ID p e r s o n n e l s u c c e s s f u l l y t e s t - f i r e d t h e S-11-T/D
MTF.
f o r 150 seconds a t
A p r e v i o u s f i r i n g a t t e m p t on May 16 t e r m i n a t e d a f t e r n i n e seconds
because of f a u l t y instrumentation.
Today's f i r i n g came on t h e t h i r d
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a n n i v e r s a r y o f ground b r e a k i n g f o r t h e t e s t f a c i l i t y .
MAY 18:
The 2 7 t h f i r i n g t e s t o f t h e MSFC S-IVB b a t t l e s h i p s t a g e was p e r -
formed f o r 11 s e c o n d s .
Four p r e v i o u s t e s t s o c c u r r e d d u r i n g May
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for
151 s e c o n d s on May 2 , 200 s e c o n d s May 4 , 3 2 3 seconds May 6 , and a n
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i g n i t i o n t e s t on May 1 6 .
MAY 20:
MSFC d i r e c t e d S&ID t o c a n c e l t h e s c h e d u l e d m o d i f i c a t i o n of t h e
a l l - s y s t e m s / d y n a m i c t e s t s t a g e , S-11-T/D.
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t h e S-11-T s t a g e .
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The s t a g e was r e d e s i g n a t e d
The f i r s t f u l l - d u r a t i o n s t a t i c f i r i n g o f S-11-T o c c u r r e d a t MTF.
time was 354-.5 s e c o n d s .
were a c c o m p l i s h e d . 24
Firing
A 1 1 b u t one o f t h e major t e s t o b j e c t i v e s
�MAY 20:
The f i r s t a t t e m p t a t a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g o f S-IVB-501 r e s u l t e d i n
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an a u t o m a t i c c u t o f f a f t e r 50 seconds.
MAY 22:
The M o b i l e Equipment M a i n t e n a n c e B u i l d i n g a t MTF was c o m p l e t e d
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and t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e government.
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MAY 24:
Douglas c o m p l e t e d S-IVB-206 s t a g e c h e c k o u t a t H u n t i n g t o n Beach.
MAY 25:
The SA-500F, S a t u r n V f a c i l i t i e s c h e c k o u t v e h i c l e , r o l l e d o u t of
t h e VAB a t KSC's LC-39 f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of s y s t e m s t e s t t h e
C r a w l e r - T r a n s p o r t e r No. 1 t r a n s p o r t e d t h e v e h i c l e t o
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T r a n s i t took most of t h e day.
previous day.
Pad A .
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T e c h n i c i a n s a t MTF a t t e m p t e d t h e s e c o n d f u l l - d u r a t i o n f i r i n g o f S-11-T/D.
The t e s t ended a f t e r 198 s e c o n d s a s a r e s u l t o f a f i r e on e n g i n e
number 5 . 2 9
MAY 25-27:
Twenty a s t r o n a u t s t o u r e d MSFC l a b o r a t o r i e s and t e s t f a c i l i t i e s
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and r e c e i v e d b r i e f i n g s on S a t u r n I B and S a t u r n V l a u n c h v e h i c l e s .
MAY 26:
The s e c o n d a t t e m p t a t a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g t h e S-IVB-501 s t a g e was
s u c c e s s f u l a t SACTO.
The t e s t c o n s i s t e d of a 151-second m a i n s t a g e
f i r s t b u r n , a 1 0 6 - m i n u t e s i m u l a t e d o r b i t a l c o a s t p e r i o d , and a
301-second m a i n s t a g e b u r n a f t e r r e s t a r t .
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accomplished.
A l l t e s t o b j e c t i v e s were
MAY 26-27:
P e r s o n n e l a t t h e S-IC S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d a t MSFC c o n d u c t e d
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p r o p e l l a n t l o a d t e s t s on S - I C - 2 .
MAY 27:
NASA announced s e l e c t i o n of two a e r o s p a c e companies f o r n e g o t i a -
t i o n of p a r a l l e l one-year study c o n t r a c t s covering i n t e g r a t i o n
o f e x p e r i m e n t s and e x p e r i m e n t s s u p p o r t e q u i p m e n t f o r manned
�Apollo Applications.
Each c o n t r a c t was e s t i m a t e d a t $1 m i l l i o n .
The
two f i r m s s e l e c t e d were Lockheed M i s s i l e s and Space Company and
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Mar t i n Company.
MAY 28:
A t e s t a c c i d e n t a t MTF d e s t r o y e d t h e S-11-T/D s t a g e .
LH2 t a n k r u p t u r e d when o v e r - p r e s s u r i z e d .
The empty
A s e c o n d - s h i f t crew
a t t e m p t e d t o p r e s s u r i z e t h e t a n k w i t h g a s e o u s h e l i u m , n o t knowing
t h a t a p r e v i o u s work crew had d i s c o n n e c t e d t h e t a n k ' s p r e s s u r e s e n s o r s and s w i t c h e s .
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NASA a l l o c a t e d t h e S-11-F t o t h e S a t u r n V dynamic t e s t v e h i c l e program
t o r e p l a c e t h e S-11-T/D.
The S-11-F would be m o d i f i e d f o r dynamic
t e s t i n g a f t e r f u l f i l l i n g i t s m i s s i o n i n t h e SA-500F v e h i c l e a t KSC. 3 5
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The c o n t r a c t o r , Thornton and Hyde C o r p o r a t i o n , t u r n e d o v e r t o MTF t h e
c o m p l e t e d r o a d s and p a r k i n g a r e a s of t h e f a c i l i t y . 36
MAY 29:
D r . von Braun a p p o i n t e d a board of i n v e s t i g a t i o n f o r t h e May 28
t e s t a c c i d e n t t h a t d e s t r o y e d t h e S-11-T/D s t a g e . 3 7
MAY 30:
S-IU-501,
the instrument u n i t f o r the f i r s t f l i g h t Saturn V,
e n t e r e d t h e c h e c k o u t s t a t i o n a t IBM's H u n t s v i l l e f a c i l i t y . 3 8
MAY 31:
P e r s o n n e l a t MSFC's S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d E a s t i n s t a l l e d S-IB-6 i n
t h e tower f o r f i r i n g . 39
I N MAY:
MSFC performed f i v e s i n g l e F-1 e n g i n e f i r i n g s a t t h e West Area
F-1 T e s t S t a n d .
F i r i n g d u r a t i o n s ranged from 52 t o 1 5 0 s e c o n d s .
The t e s t s o c c u r r e d May 9 ( t w o ) , May 11, and May 1 8 ( t w o f i r i n g s ) . 4 0
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S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t MTF s t a t i c - f i r e d t h e S-11-T s e v e n t i m e s d u r i n g
t h e month.
Only two f i r i n g s a c h i e v e d planned d u r a t i o n s . 4 1
�S-IVB p r o j e c t o f f i c i a l s d i r e c t e d t h a t t h e S-IVB-503 t a n k assembly be
used a s t h e h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t program u n i t and t h a t S-IVB-504 t a n k 42
a g e be a s s i g n e d t o S-IVB-503.
S-IVB-501 APS modules 1 and 2 were checked o u t and c o n f i d e n c e - f i r e d
a t SACTO.
T e c h n i c i a n s f i r e d module 1 May 6 and module 2 May 1 3 . 4 3
MSFC approved Change Order 425 t o e x t e n d t h e S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p L e s t
program on a r e d u c e d l e v e l of e f f o r t t h r o u g h J u l y 31, 1967.
This
e x t e n s i o n would p e r m i t p e r s o n n e l t o g a i n more e x p e r i e n c e and conf i d e n c e i n t h e MTF A-2 T e s t S t a n d . 44
�J U N E
JUN1:
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1 9 6 6
2:
D o u g l a s s h i p p e d t h e S-IVB-502 s t a g e t o SACTO f o r a c c e p t a n c e
f i r i n g v i a t h e S u p e r Guppy a i r c r a f t . 1
S-IVB-205 s t a g e a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g was s u c c e s s f u l l y a c c o m p l i s h e d a t
2
SACTO. M a i n s t a g e d u r a t i o n was 4 3 7 . 5 s e c o n d s .
JUNE 3:
S-IVR-501 was removed from t h e B e t a 1 T e s t S t a n d a t SACTO f o l -
lowing completion of a c c e p t a n c e t e s t i n g .
D o u g l a s p e r s o n n e l moved
t h e s t a g e t o t h e V e r t i c a l Checkout L a b o r a t o r y f o r p o s t - s t a t i c checko u t a n d m o d i f i c a t i o n b e f o r e s h i p m e n t t o KSC.'
JUNE 6:
P o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t o f S-IC-3 resumed a t MAF f o l l o w i n g
i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f 21 change o r d e r s .
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d
4
The f i n a l t e s t o f S - I C s t r u c t u r a l t e s t f i n s a n d e n g i n e f a i r i n g s a t
MSFC was a c c o m p l i s h e d .
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J U N E 7:
B e l l A e r o s y s t e m s Company c o m p l e t e d a Manned F l y i n g S y s t e m s
( p o g o s t i c k ) s t u d y m o n i t o r e d by MSFC. 6
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Boeing p e r s o n n e l a c c o m p l i s h e d a s u c c e s s f u l f i r s t f i r i n g o f S-IC-2
a t MSFC.
JUNE 8:
The t e s t l a s t e d 1 2 6 . 3 s e c o n d s .
The S-IU-502 s t r u c t u r e , r e a l l o c a t e d S-IU-200/500S-111,
a t MSFC t o r e p l a c e t h e S-IU-203/509S-11,
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l i m i t load t e s t i n g .
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/
arrived
w h i c h had f a i l e d d u r i n g
SA-500F p r o c e s s i n g a n d t e s t a c t i v i t i e s a t LC-39, Pad A , w e r e i n t e r r u p t e d b e c a u s e o f t h e a p p r o a c h o f H u r r i c a n e Alma.
KSC p e r s o n n e l
moved t h e v e h i c l e b a c k i n t o t h e VAB a s a p r e c a u t i o n .
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�JUNE 9:
Changes i n A p o l l o program n o m e n c l a t u r e were announced by NASA
Headquarters.
Lunar E x c u r s i o n Module would be known a s Lunar Module;
S a t u r n I B v e h i c l e a s u p r a t e d S a t u r n I; and S a t u r n V s t a g e s ( S - I C ,
S - I 1 and S-IVB) a s f i r s t , s e c o n d , and t h i r d s t a g e s .
The " c o n f u s i n g "
former d e s i g n a t i o n s would be dropped g r a d u a l l y , e x c e p t i n NASA's
i n t e r n a l a z d t e c h n i c a l documents t i o n . l o
JUNE 10:
With t h e h u r r i c a n e t h r e a t p a s t , p e r s o n n e l a t KSC a g a i n moved
SA-500F from t h e VAB t o Pad A a t LC-39.
e i g h t h o u r s . 11
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The move r e q u i r e d a b o u t
Two i g n i t i o n t e s t s , t h e 2 8 t h and 2 9 t h f i r i n g s o f t h e MSFC S-IVB b a t t l e s h i p , o c c u r r e d a t H u n t s v i l l e . 12
JUNE 16:
T e s t p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC removed S-IC-2 from t h e S t a t i c T e s t
S t a n d a £ t e r one f i r i n g and moved i t t o ME Lab f o r r e f u r b i s h m e n t . 1 3
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P e r s o n n e l a t M S F C 1 s S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d E a s t performed a p r o p e l l a n t
l o a d i n g t e s t on t h e S-IB-6 s t a g e i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r s t a t i c t e s t . 1 4
JUNE 17:
MSFC awarded t o Lockheed M i s s i l e s and Space Company a $30,000
c o n t r a c t c o v e r i n g a Lunar G r a v i t y S i m u l a t o r s t u d y , s c h e d u l e d f o r
c o m p l e t i o n November 1 4 , 1966 .I5
JUNE 20:
P e r s o n n e l a t S e a l Beach completed i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e f i v e
5-2 e n g i n e s on S-11-2 f l i g h t s t a g e . 1 6
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I B M p e r s o n n e l a t t h e H u n t s v i l l e f a c i l i t y completed f a b r i c a t i o n o f
S-IU-502. 17
JUNE 22:
A f a b r i c a t i o n a c c i d e n t a t S e a l Beach damaged one of t h e b u l k -
head g o r e s o f s-11-5
stage.
Program o f f i c i a l s d e c i d e d t o c u t o u t
and r e p l a c e t h e damaged g o r e . 1 8
�JURE 22:
I B M began assembly of S-IU-502,
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second S a t u r n V v e h i c l e .
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the instrument u n i t f o r the
MSFC o f f i c i a l s met t o d i s c u s s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f some SA-5 o r b i t a l
f r a g m e n t s which s u r v i v e d r e e n t r y and l a n d e d i n B r a z i l A p r i l 2 8 , 1966.
The p i e c e s , found on May 6 , 1966, w e r e h a n d - c a r r i e d t o MSFC by a
NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e .
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MSFC f o r s t u d y and e x h i b i t i o n .
The f r a g m e n t s were t o remain a t
JUNE 23:
C h r y s l e r t e s t p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC s t a t i c - f i r e d S-IB-6 s t a g e f o r
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a s c h e d u l e d d u r a t i o n o f 35 s e c o n d s .
JUNE 24:
NASA announced s e l e c t i o n of Computer S c i e n c e s C o r p o r a t i o n t o
p r o v i d e s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s f o r MSFC's Computation L a b o r a t o r y .
Estimated c o s t of t h e c o n t r a c t f o r t h e f i r s t y e a r was $5.5 m i l l i o n . 2 2
-
NASA announced s e l e c t i o n o f Univac D i v i s i o n o f S p e r r y Rand t o p r o v i d e
a new ( t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n ) computing s y s t e m a t MSFC.
The c o n t r a c t was
v a l u e d a t $30 m i l l i o n and e x t e n d e d o v e r a 5 - y e a r p e r i o d .
Univac
would f u r n i s h a l m o s t c o m p l e t e r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e C e n t e r ' s computer
complex equipment. 2 3
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S&ID p e r s o n n e l completed S-11-1 s t a g e c h e c k o u t o p e r a t i o n s a t S e a l
Beach. 2 4
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T e s t p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed t h e i n i t i a l p h a s e of S-IC-D v e h i c l e s i t e i n t e g r a t i o n t e s t i n g .25
JUNE 27:
NASA announced c o n v e r s i o n of i t s Douglas S-IVB s t a g e prime
c o n t r a c t from f i x e d - f e e t o i n c e n t i v e - f e e .
c o n t r a c t was $700 m i l l i o n .
Estimated c o s t of t h e
Under t h e c o n t r a c t , Douglas p r o v i d e d
t h e t o p s t a g e s f o r b o t h Uprated S a t u r n I and S a t u r n V l a u n c h
v e h i c l e s . 26
�JUNE 27:
Boeing t e c h n i c i a n s a t MAF completed i n s t a l l a t i o n of F-1 e n g i n e s
on S-IC-4,
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the booster stage for the fourth Saturn V f l i g h t vehicle. 27
MSFC a c c e p t e d b e n e f i c i a l occupancy of MTF's S-IC T e s t S t a n d B-2
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machine s h o p .
JUNE 29:
S-IB-6,
t h e b o o s t e r f o r t h e s i x t h Uprated S a t u r n I f l i g h t
v e h i c l e , f i r e d f o r f u l l d u r a t i o n of 145 seconds a t MSFC.
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t h e f i n a l s t a t i c t e s t of t h e s t a g e .
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P e r s o n n e l a t S a n t a Susana s u c c e s s f u l l y t e s t - f i r e d t h e S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p
f o r 382 s e c o n d s .
JUNE 30:
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I t was
A l l t e s t o b j e c t i v e s were accomplished .30
The S-IVB-206 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t SACTO from t h e assembly p l a n t . 3 1
MSFC t e s t p e r s o n n e l i n s t a l l e d a S a t u r n V/S-IVB APS module i n t h e
vacuum chamber f o r h o t - f i r i n g t e s t s s c h e d u l e d i n J u l y . 32
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T e s t i n g of t h e S-IU-500FS j o i n e d t o an S-IVB s t a g e a t Huntington Beach,
which began June 1, was s u c c e s s f u l l y completed. 3 3
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Workmen had a l m o s t completed r e p a i r s and r e f u r b i s h m e n t of t h e A-2
T e s t S t a n d a t MTF f o l l o w i n g d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e S-11-T s t a g e i n a
t e s t May 2 8 .
M o d i f i c a t i o n of s t a n d GSE t o t h e S-11-1 c o n f i g u r a t i o n
was 5 0 p e r c e n t c o m p l e t e . 34
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SLID i s s u e d a l e t t e r c o n t r a c t t o Thiokol Chemical C o r p o r a t i o n c o v e r i n g a backup u l l a g e motor f o r t h e S - I 1 s t a g e .
C o s t of t h e back-
up program was e x p e c t e d t o be l e s s t h a n $500,000.
S&ID would choose
l a t e r between t h e Rocketdyne and t h e Thiokol u l l a g e m o t o r s .
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�J U N E 30:
IBM completed a c t i v a t i o n
of t h e S a t u r n V I U Checkout S t a t i o n
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a t t h e H u n t s v i l l e f a c i l i t y and began t e s t i n g of t h e S-IU-501.
S t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n of t h e t h i r d S a t u r n V f l i g h t i n s t r u m e n t
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u n i t , S-IU-503, began a t IBM's H u n t s v i l l e p l a n t .
I N JUNE:
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P e r s o n n e l d i s c o v e r e d s t r e s s c r a c k s i n t h e m a n i f o l d weld j o i n t s of
the f i r s t Saturn V f l i g h t instrument u n i t .
a t H u n t s v i l l e c o n t i n u e d . 38
S-IU-501,
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Systems t e s t s
E n v i r o n m e n t a l t e s t i n g of t h e S-IVB-500FS ( f l i g h t systems t e s t a r t i c l e )
w i t h a n i n s t r u m e n t u n i t began a t t h e I B M Space Systems C e n t e r Simu39
l a t i o n L a b o r a t o r y , H u n t s v i l l e . Four t e s t s were completed.
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MSFC t e s t p e r s o n n e l conducted 1 0 F-1 e n g i n e f i r i n g t e s t s t o e v a l u a t e
Engine No. F-5038, a q u a l i f i c a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n e n g i n e .
o c c u r r e d between J u n e 20 and J u n e 30.
40
seconds each i n d u r a t i o n .
Firings
S i x t e s t s exceeded 150
�J U L Y
JULY 1:
1 9 6 6
P e r s o n n e l a t SACTO completed t h e f i r s t s u c c e s s f u l 4%-hour burn
o f t h e S-IVB s t a g e LO~/Hydrogen b u r n e r .
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t o p e r form t h e t e s t .
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T h i s was t h e t h i r d a t t e m p t
MSFC c o n t r a c t e d w i t h A e r o j e t - G e n e r a l f o r e x p a n s i o n and e x t e n s i o n of a
s t u d y e n t i t l e d "Demonstration of a S o l i d P r o p e l l a n t Motor M a l f u n c t i o n
D e t e c t i o n and Combustion System.''
E s t i m a t e d c o s t o f t h e 9-month
s t u d y was $214,000. 2
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MSFC awarded a c o n t r a c t t o Lockheed f o r c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n and s p e c i f i c a t i o n of n u c l e a r s a f e t y s y s t e m s .
E s t i m a t e d c o s t was
$103,700 f o r a performance p e r i o d o f s i x months. 3
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MSFC awarded
a $182,300 c o n t r a c t t o G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c f o r a m i s s i o n
e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d y of e l e c t r i c a l l y p r o p e l l e d manned p l a n e t a r y v e h i c l e s .
P e r i o d o f performance was 1 0 months. 4
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S&ID workmen a t S e a l Beach completed t h e S-11-2 s t a g e m e c h a n i c a l and
bracket installations f o r the thrust structure.
JULY 2:
5
S&ID workmen a t S e a l Beach completed f i n a l p a i n t i n g and marking
o f t h e S-11-1 f l i g h t s t a g e . 6
JULY 5 :
A p o l l o / S a t u r n v e h i c l e AS-203, t h e second Uprated S a t u r n I f l i g h t
v e h i c l e , was s u c c e s s f u l l y launched from Launch Complex 37 a t Cape
Kennedy.
It was t h e f i r s t e a r t h - o r b i t a l m i s s i o n f o r t h e S-IVB s t a g e .
P u r p o s e o f t h e m i s s i o n was t o o b t a i n f l i g h t i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e S-IVB
second s t a g e and t h e I n s t r u m e n t U n i t (IU).
The t w o - s t a g e v e h i c l e
b o o s t e d a n unmanned payload c o n s i s t i n g of t h e S-IVB s t a g e , I U and
n o s e cone i n t o a 117-mile-high c i r c u l a r o r b i t .
The S-IVB e n g i n e
�burned once i n e a r t h ' s atmosphere and s h u t down.
Photos of l i q u i d
hydrogen f u e l b e h a v i o r were t r a n s m i t t e d t o f o u r ground s t a t i o n s by
one t e l e v i s i o n camera.
A second TV camera m a l f u n c t i o n e d .
During t h e
f o u r t h o r b i t , w h i l e performing a p r e s s u r e d i f f e r e n t i a l t e s t of t h e
S-IVB s t a g e common bulkhead, i n t e r n a l p r e s s u r e b u i l t u p ' k e l l i n
e x c e s s of d e s i g n valuesl'and t h e s t a g e exploded.
I n i t i a l evaluation
of f l i g h t d a t a i n d i c a t e d t h a t a l l m i s s i o n o b j e c t i v e s were a t t a i n e d .
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I t was t h e 1 2 t h s u c c e s s f u l S a t u r n f l i g h t .
JULY 5:
Douglas removed t h e S-IVB-205 s t a g e from Beta I11 T e s t Stand a t
SACTO f o r completion of p o s t - s t a t i c checkout. 8
S-IVB-206 s t a g e , which had a r r i v e d a t SACTO J u l y 1, was i n s t a l l e d
i n Beta I11 T e s t Stand i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g . 9
JULY 6:
The S-IC-T a l l - s y s t e m s s t a g e was i n s t a l l e d i n t h e S-IC T e s t Stand
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a t MSFC f o r a d d i t i o n a l s t a t i c f i r i n g s .
JULY 7 :
NASA announced e s t a b l i s h m e n t of new program o f f i c e s a t Manned S p a c e c r a f t
Center and MSFC.
The Saturn/Apollo A p p l i c a t i o n s Program O f f i c e a t
MSC's Apollo A p p l i c a t i o m
Program O f f i c e would be headed by George M . Low a s a c t i n g manager. 11
MSFC would have Leland F. Belew a s manager.
JULY 8:
MSFC c r e a t e d a new Experiments O f f i c e i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h e s t a b l i s h -
ment of t h e S a t u r n / A p o l l o Applications Program O f f i c e .
D r . William G.
Johnson would head t h e o f f i c e , which would o p e r a t e a t s t a f f l e v e l i n
Research and Development O p e r a t i o n s . l2
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NASA announced award of a c o n t r a c t t o F e d e r a l E l e c t r i c C o r p o r a t i o n of
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Telephone and Telegraph Company f o r t e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t
of t h e S a t u r n launch v e h i c l e program a t MSFC. 13
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8:
V e r t i c a l b u i l d u p of t h e S-11-3 s t a g e ended a t S e a l Beach. 14
S&ID completed assembly of t h e f o r w a r d b u I k h e a d f o r S-11-4 f l i g h t s t a g e
.
a t S e a l ~ e a c h15
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MSFC awarded f o u r c o n t r a c t s c o v e r i n g F i s c a l Year 1967 LOX and LH2
requirementsfor the Center.
The awards t o t a l l i n g $3.8 m i l l i o n went
t o American Cryogenics, I n c . , A i r Reduction Company, I n c . , Welding
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Gas P r o d u c t s Company, and Union Carbide Corporation.
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.
Douglas assembly t e c h n i c i a n s a t Huntington Beach completed S-IVB-209
s t a g e t a n k assembly. 1 7
JULY 13:
NASA announced assignment t o MSFC of p r o j e c t management respon-
s i b i l i t y f o r t h e Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) f o r S a t u r n / A p o l l o
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Applications missions.
JULY 15:
MSFC awarded p a r a l l e l $1.2 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t s t o Lockheed and
M a r t i n - M a r i e t t a t o conduct p r o j e c t d e f i n i t i o n s t u d i e s f o r Apollo
A p p l i c a t i o n s Program (AAP) payload i n t e g r a t i o n . ' E f f e c t i v e d a t e of both
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c o n t r a c t s was J u l y 8 , w i t h a 12-month p e r i o d of performance.
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S t a g e - j o i n i n g o p e r a t i o n s f o r S-IVB-208 s t a g e began a t t h e Douglas
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assembly f a c i l i t y a t Huntington Beach.
JULY 18:
MSFC announced award of a $230,000 c o n t r a c t t o Bagby E l e v a t o r
and E l e c t r i c Company f o r m o d i f i c a t i o n s t o B wing of t h e f i r s t f l o o r
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of t h e Computation L a b o r a t o r y , B u i l d i n g 4663.
J U L Y 19:
MSFC announced t h e award of two p a r a l l e l c o n t r a c t s t o Bendix
and Boeing f o r s t u d y of proposed l u n a r s u r f a c e v e h i c l e s .
The 6-month,
$350,000 c o n t r a c t s extended work done by t h e two f i r m s under c o n t r a c t s
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awarded i n 1964 and 1965.
�JULY 19:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t Huntington Beach completed on s c h e d u l e t h e
s t a g e c h e c k o u t of S-IVB-207 s t a g e . 2 3
JULY 21:
MSFC p e r s o n n e l conducted two f i r i n g t e s t s of t h e S-IVB B a t t l e s h i p .
The t e s t s l a s t e d 6 and 200.5 s e c o n d s , r e s p e c t i v e l y , t o d u p l i c a t e cond i t i o n s of rough combustion e x p e r i e n c e d w i t h t h e same e n g i n e (5-2048)
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i n a n e a r l i e r f i r i n g (May 1 8 , 1966).
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S-IVB-501 s t a g e p o s t - f i r i n g c h e c k o u t ended s u c c e s s f u l l y w i t h a n a l l s y s t e m s t e s t a t SACTO's V e r t i c a l Checkout L a b o r a t o r y . 25
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MSFC c o n t r a c t e d w i t h Emerson E l e c t r i c Company t o s t u d y t h e p o s s i b i l i t y
of r e c o v e r i n g s m a l l m e t a l l i c coupons from t h e wings of t h e Pegasus I11
meteoroid technology s a t e l l i t e .
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$34,990.
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Dr.
Value of t h e l o w e e k c o n t r a c t was
J . C . McCall, MSFC Deputy D i r e c t o r of Research and Development
O p e r a t i o n s , announced he would r e s i g n i n September t o j o i n IBM. 2 7
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With p r e s t a t i c c h e c k o u t c o m p l e t e , S-IVB-502 underwent a s i m u l a t e d
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s t a t i c t e s t a t SACTO's Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d .
JULY 22:
A f t e r s e v e r a l a t t e m p t s , S&ID a t S e a l Beach completed S-11-1 s t a g e
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i n t e g r a t e d systems c h e c k o u t and a c c e p t a n c e .
-
S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p T e s t No. 35 was conducted a t S a n t a Susana.
D u r a t i o n of
t h e t e s t was 300 m i l l i s e c o n d s , w i t h a n a u t o m a t i c c u t o f f caused by
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miscalibration i n a sensing unit.
J U L Y 23:
A c o u s t i c t e s t i n g of t h e S - I 1 High Force T h r u s t C o m p l e x / i n t e r s t a g e
specimen was completed a t Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s , H u n t s v i l l e , e i g h t days
ahead of s c h e d u l e . 3 1
�JULY 23:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t SACTO began a s e r i e s of t e s t s ~ i t rhe d e s i g n e d
i n j e c t o r s i n an a t t e m p t t o s o l v e t h e i n j e c t o r i c i n g problem i n t h e
S - I V ~ / S a t u r nV oxygen-hydrogen b u r n e r . 3 2
JULY 24:
MSFC announced award of a $150,000 s t u d y c o n t r a c t t o B a l l
Brothers Research Corporation.
The seven-month s t u d y concerned a
s e r i e s of proposed e x p e r i m e n t s u s i n g a n A p o l l o s p a c e c r a f t t o c a p t u r e ,
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r e p a i r o r r e t r i e v e o b j e c t s from e a r t h o r b i t .
JULY 25:
Rocketdyne s u c c e s s f u l l y t e s t - f i r e d t h e f i r s t RS-V-602 m o t o r ,
which was t h e S - I 1 s t a g e u l l a g e motor.
Preliminary data indicated
s a t i s f a c t o r y performance. 34
JULY 26:
MSFC had awarded t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan a $29,930 s t u d y
c o n t r a c t t o develop an i n f r a r e d sensing technique t o survey t h e
e a r t h ' s n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s from a i r c r a f t and o r b i t i n g s a t e l l i t e s .
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MSFC announced award of a $29,829 s t u d y c o n t r a c t t o Lockheed A i r c r a f t
Corporation.
The c o n t r a c t c o v e r e d a p r e l i m i n a r y d e s i g n s t u d y of a
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lunar gravity simulator.
JULY 28:
Douglas conducted t h e a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g of t h e S-IVB-502 a t
SACTO on t h e f i r s t a t t e m p t .
A f t e r a smooth t e s t countdown t h e r e
was a f i r s t b u r n of 150.7 s e c o n d s .
Following a 91-minute s i m u l a t e d
o r b i t a l c o a s t p e r i o d , t h e s t a g e r e s t a r t e d and f i r e d f o r 291.2
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seconds.
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S&ID began work a t t h e S e a l Beach assembly p l a n t on t h e S-11-7
stage
by p l a c i n g t h r e e g o r e s of t h e common bulkhead a f t f a c i n g s h e e t on
t h e meridian-weld f i x t u r e f o r w e l d i n g o p e r a t i o n s . 38
�J U L Y 28:
Checkout of t h e S-11-2 s t a g e s y s t e m s , which began J u l y 23,
c o n t i n u e d a t S e a l Beach.
P e r s o n n e l completed c o n t r o l r o o m / s t a g e /
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s t a t i o n i n t e r f a c e c h e c k o u t and a p p l i e d power t o t h e s t a g e .
JULY 29:
C o n t r a c t s c o v e r i n g f e a s i b i l i t y s t u d i e s f o r P r o j e c t Able were
e x e c u t e d t h i s week t o Goodyear Aerospace C o r p o r a t i o n and Boeing.
C o n t r a c t v a l u e s were $75,000 and $125,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y .
Contractors'
s i g n a t u r e s were a w a i t e d on s i m i l a r awards t o Westinghouse and t h e
S c h j e l d a h l Company.
P r o j e c t Able p e r t a i n e d t o r e f l e c t o r s a t e l l i t e s
t o p r o v i d e i l l u m i n a t i o n o v e r l a n d masses a t n i g h t . 40
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R e p a i r of c r a c k s i n t h e S-11-1 LH2 t a n k , which were
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With t h e s u c c e s s f u l c o m p l e t i o n of S-IC s t a g e o x i d i z e r t a n k assembly
d i s c o v e r e d J u l y 23
d u r i n g i n t e g r a t e d systems c h e c k o u t , were completed a t S e a l Beach. 4 1
t e s t , P&VE Lab p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC's Load T e s t Annex f u l l y q u a l i f i e d
f o r m a n - r a t i n g a l l m a j o r s t r u c t u r a l components of t h e S-IC s t a g e
(SA-501-503 c o n f i g u r a t i o n ) .
The m a n - r a t i n g t e s t s q u a l i f i e d t h e
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s t a g e components t o a s a f e t y f a c t o r of 1 . 4 .
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An S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p f i r i n g t e s t a t S a n t a Susana ended a f t e r 40 seconds
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m a i n s t a g e b e c a u s e of a n e r r o n e o u s a u t o m a t i c c u t o f f .
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S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t S e a l Beach conducted t h e h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n g of
S-11-3 s t a g e , and d i s c o v e r e d a l e a k i n a weld j o i n t . 44
JULY 30:
The S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e f i r e d f o r 365 seconds i n a t e s t a t
.
SSFL 45
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Following completion
a t S e a l Beach of p o s t - c h e c k o u t r e p a i r s , S&ID
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workmen p r e p a r e d S-11-1 s t a g e f o r shipment t o MTF.
�JULY 31:
The S-11-1 f l i g h t s t a g e , which had been loaded aboard t h e AKD
P a i n t Barrow J u l y 30, d e p a r t e d S e a l Beach e n r o u t e t o MTF. 4 /
I N JULY:
MSFC t e s t p e r s o n n e l performed a series of S a t u r n V/S-IVB APS
module f i r i n g t e s t s .
F i r i n g s o c c u r r e d on J u l y 11, 1 5 , 28, and 29.
(The APS module c o n s i s t e d of t h r e e e n g i n e s having 150 pounds of
t h r u s t and one e n g i n e of 70 pounds t h r u s t . )
These t e s t s a t s i m u l a t e d
a l t i t u d e v e r i f i e d t h e c a p a b i l i t y of t h e APS module t o o p e r a t e i n t h e
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s p a c e environment.
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MSFC awarded t o Bryson C o n s t r u c t i o n Company a $226,000 c o n t r a c t f o r
e r e c t i o n of a o n e - s t o r y s t r u c t u r e t o house t h e C e n t e r ' s Research
ProjectsOffice.
The b ~ i l d i n g ~ p r o v i d i n8,400
g
s q u a r e f e e t of f l o o r
s p a c e , would be a t t a c h e d t o B u i l d i n g 4481. 49
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S t a g e j o i n i n g o p e r a t i o n s on S-IVB-503 were complete a t Huntington Beach
by t h e middle of t h e month.50
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Boeing workmen a t MAF completed h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t , c l e a n i n g , and p a i n t i n g
of t h e S-IC-5 s t a g e . 5 1
S-IC-T was removed from t h e S-IC T e s t Stand a t MSFC w i t h o u t f u r t h e r
f i r i n g s i n o r d e r t o e x p e d i t e t r a n s f e r of t h e s t a g e t o MTF f o r s t a n d
checkout and l a t e r f i r i n g s . 5 2
�AUGUST
1 9 6 6
NASA announced s i g n i n g of an agreement w i t h C h r y s l e r Corpora-
AUGUST 1:
t i o n Space D i v i s i o n which c o n v e r t e d t h e Uprated S a t u r n I S-IB s t a g e
p r o d u c t i o n c o n t r a c t from a f i x e d - f e e t o an i n c e n t i v e - f e e c o n t r a c t .
The agreement, valued a t $339 m i l l i o n , c a l l e d f o r C h r y s l e r t o b u i l d
and t e s t 12 S-IB s t a g e s and t o provide r e l a t e d s e r v i c e s , equipment
and s u p p o r t . 1
S-IC-4 s t a g e moved i n t o t h e S t a g e Checkout B u i l d i n g a t MAF
2
f o r s t a r t of post-manufacturing checkout.
AUGUST 3:
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H y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n g of t h e S-11-4 s t a g e a f t bulkhead was completed a t
3
S e a l Beach.
NASA modified an e x i s t i n g c o n t r a c t w i t h NAA1s Rocketdyne D i v i s i o n f o r .
52 a d d i t i o n a l 5-2 e n g i n e s and s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s e x t e n d i n g through
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December 1968. The c o n t r a c t e x t e n s i o n c o s t $145.6 m i l l i o n .
- MSFC awarded a $400,000 p l a n e t a r y s t u d y c o n t r a c t t o NAA.
The one-year
c o n t r a c t covered i n v e s t i g a t i o n of methods and hardware f o r manned
5
~ a r and
s
Venus f l y b y s u s i n g Apollo/Saturn systems.
AUGUST 5:
MSFC announced award of a $23.4 m i l l i o n m o d i f i c a t i o n , - t o a n
.
e x i s t i n g c o n t r a c t w i t h NAA S&ID f o r a d d i t i o n a l s e r v i c e s i n b u i l d i n g
and s e r v i c i n g t h e S - I 1 second s t a g e f o r t h e S a t u r n V v e h i c l e .
The
m o d i f i c a t i o n i n c l u d e d r e d e s i g n of t h e s t a g e u m b i l i c a l system and
6
additional testing.
-S-IC-4,
w i t h h o r i z o n t a l assembly o p e r a t i o n s completed t h e p r e v i o u s day,
moved from manufacturing t o t h e post-manufacturing checkout a r e a of
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MAF
.
�S-IVB-204 f l i g h t s t a g e was shipped from SACTO t o KSC f o l l o w i n g
completion of s t a g e m o d i f i c a t i o n s . 8
AUGUST 5:
AUGUST 8:
The b u i l d i n g c o n t r a c t o r completed and t u r n e d over t o t h e
government a t MTP t h e S - I 1 S t a g e V e r t i c a l Checkout Building and
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t h e S-I1 Vehicle Service Building.
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S t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n of S-IU-503 ended a t IBM/Huntsville. 1 0
AUGUST 9:
The i n t e r s t a g e f o r t h e S-11-1 a r r i v e d a t P o r t Canaveral (KSC)
on a commercial w a t e r t r a n s p o r t and was t r a n s f e r r e d from t h e barge
t o t h e VAB. 11
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P e r s o n n e l a t Huntington Beach completed t h e l a s t of seven scheduled
t e s t s i n t h e S-IVB/Instrument U n i t environmental t e s t program,
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u t i l i z i n g t h e S-IU-500FS f l i g h t systems t e s t u n i t .
AUGUST 10:
MSFC's Q u a l i t y L a b o r a t o r y completed p o s t - s t a t i c checkout of
S-IC-1 and t u r n e d t h e s t a g e over t o ME L a b o r a t o r y t o p r e p a r e f o r
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shipment t o KSC.
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P e r s o n n e l a t SACTO removed S-IVB-502 from t h e t e s t s t a n d f o l l o w i n g comp l e t i o n of i t s a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g program and p l a c e d . t h e s t a g e i n t h e
V e h i c l e Checkout L a b o r a t o r y . 14
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ME L a b o r a t o r y p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC completed r e f u r b i s h m e n t of t h e S-IC-2
s t a g e following i t s s t a t i c f i r i n g .
Workmen moved t h e s t a g e t o a
Q u a l i t y Lab checkout s t a t i o n f o r commencement of p a s t - s t a t i c checkout.15
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The S-IB-4,
b o o s t e r s t a g e f o r t h e Uprated S a t u r n I scheduled t o perform
t h e f i r s t manned Apollo m i s s i o n , d e p a r t e d MAF f o r K S C . ~ ~
�AUGUST 11:
The SA-202 F l i g h t R e a d i n e s s Review was h e l d a t KSC's LC-34
a s scheduled. l7
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The S-IB-7
s t a g e a r r i v e d a t ~ S ~ C / H u n t s v i l lfrom
e
MAF on t h e b a r g e
P o s e i d o n , and t e c h n i c i a n s i n s t a l l e d i t i n t h e S t a t i c T e s t S t a n d
E a s t . 18
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NASA announced t h a t MSFC would b e g i n n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h C h r y s l e r and
Douglas f o r procurement o f l o n g - l e a d - t i m e
Uprated Saturn I launch v e h i c l e s .
was e s t i m a t e d a t $5 t o $10 m i l l i o n .
-
items f o r a d d i t i o n a l
Cost of t h e advance v e h i c l e i t e m s
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S-IC-D t h r u s t v e c t o r c o n t r o l (TVC) t e s t s began i n t h e S a t u r n V Dynamic
T e s t S t a n d a t MSFC. 20
A 365-second f i r i n g t e s t o f t h e S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p a t SSFL ended w i t h a n
a u t o m a t i c c u t o f f i n i t i a t e d by t h e LH2 low l e v e l c u t o f f system. 2 1
Upon c o m p l e t i o n of t h e a d d i t i o n t o t h e Advanced S a t u r n GSE T e s t F a c i l i t y
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a t MSFC, f i n a l i n s p e c t i o n of t h e f a c i l i t y was h e l d .
AUGUST 12:
Douglas t u r n e d o v e r t o NASA and s h i p p e d t o KSC v i a Super Guppy
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t h e f i r s t S-IVB f l i g h t s t a g e f o r S a t u r n V , t h e S-IVB-501.
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T e c h n i c i a n s a t KSC's LC-39 s u c c e s s f u l l y completed f u l l p r e s s u r e t e s t
on t h e t a n k a g e of S-11-F,a
p a r t of t h e S a t u r n V F a c i l i t i e s Checkout
V e h i c l e , s t a n d i n g on Pad
AUGUST 13:
S-11-1 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t MTF a f t e r t r a n s f e r from t h e AKD P o i n t
Barrow t o t h e s h u t t l e b a r g e P e a r l R i v e r a t Michoud Assembly F a c i l i t y . 25
�AUGUST 1 3 :
MSFC s h i p p e d t h e S - I 1 s t a g e s i m u l a t o r ( s p a c e r ) from MAF t o
KSC v i a t h e P o i n t Barrow f o r temporary u s e i n t h e f i r s t S a t u r n V
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v e h i c l e , SA-501.
AUGUST 1 4 :
The S-IVB-501 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t KSC a b o a r d t h e Super Guppy.
I t had d e p a r t e d Sacramento August 12 and been d e l a y e d one day b e c a u s e
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of w e a t h e r .
AUGUST 15:
The S-IVB-501 s t a g e was moved i n t o t h e low bay o f t h e VAB
i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r " s t a c k i n g " a s a p a r t of t h e SA-501 f l i g h t v e h i c l e . 2 8
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The S-1VBISaturn V h i g h - f o r c e dynamic t e s t program was completed a t
t h e Wasatch D i v i s i o n of T h i o k o l Chemical C o r p o r a t i o n , Brigham C i t y ,
U t a h . 29
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The S-IB-4 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t KSC v i a b a r g e . 3 0
AUGUST 16:
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S-IU-204 was s h i p p e d t o KSC by a i r c r a f t . 3 1
MSFC awarded t o NAA a o n e - y e a r , $400,000 c o n t r a c t t o " i n v e s t i g a t e t h e
b e s t methods and hardware f o r p e r f o r m i n g manned Mars and Venus f l y b y s
w i t h maximum u s e of A p o l l o / S a t u r n systems
...a s
a stepping stone t o
manned l a n d i n g m i s s i o n s . ,132
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The S - I 1 f i t u p f i x t u r e ( s t a g e s i m u l a t o r ) d e s i g n a t e d H7-17
arrived a t
KSC from MTF t o s e r v e a s a "spacer" on t h e SA-501 v e h i c l e u n t i l
a r r i v a l o f t h e S-11-1 s t a g e . 3 3
AUGUST 17:
I n t h e v e r t i c a l assembly tower a t MAE, Boeing p e r s o n n e l mated
t h e S-IC-5 i n t e r t a n k s e c t i o n t o t h e f u e l t a n k , which had been moved
i n t o t h e tower w i t h t h e t h r u s t s t r u c t u r e t h e p r e v i o u s d a y . 3 4
�AUGUST 17:
During t h e S-IC-F LOX l o a d i n g t e s t a t LC-39, t h e f a c i l i t y LOX
s y s t e m f a i l e d , c a u s i n g d e l a y i n t h e S-11-Ft a n k i n g s c h e d u l e . 35
AUGUST 18:
S-IU-501 c h e c k o u t ended a t H u n t s v i l l e w i t h a l l t e s t r e q u i r e ments s a t i s f i e d . 36
AUGUST 19:
NASA s e l e c t e d McDonnell A i r c r a f t C o r p o r a t i o n f o r n e g o t i a t i o n s
on a f i x e d - p r i c e c o n t r a c t t o produce an a i r l o c k f o r an e x p e r i m e n t
i n which a s t r o n a u t s would e n t e r t h e empty hydrogen t a n k of a s p e n t
Uprated S a t u r n I second s t a g e .
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million.
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E s t i m a t e d c o s t of t h e work was $9
Douglas s u c c e s s f u l l y accomplished a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g of S-IVB-206
f l i g h t s t a g e a t SACTO's Beta 3 T e s t S t a n d .
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433.7 s e c o n d s .
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M a i n s t a g e d u r a t i o n was
"Stackup" of t h e S-IC-5 ended a t MAF's v e r t i c a l assembly tower w i t h
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m a t i n g of t h e forward s k i r t t o t h e t o p of t h e s t a g e .
T e c h n i c i a n s a t MTF i n s t a l l e d t h e S-11-1 s t a g e i n T e s t S t a n d A - 2 a f t e r
c o m p l e t i n g r e c e i v i n g i n s p e c t i o n and r e p l a c e m e n t of a n LH2 c y l i n d e r
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doubler.
AUGUST 20:
The S-IU-500FS was flown from Huntington Beach t o MSFC aboard
t h e Super Guppy f o l l o w i n g t h e S-IVB/IU e n v i r o n m e n t a l t e s t program
i n t h e Douglas Space Systems C e n t e r .
The S-IU-500FS,
reallocated
t o t h e S a t u r n V SDF, would be updated t o t h e S-IU-504 c o n f i g u r a t i o n .
AUGUST 22:
S t a g e c h e c k o u t of S-IVB-208 began i n Tower 5 a t t h e Douglas
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H u n t i n g t o n Beach f a c i l i t y .
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�AUGUST 24:
Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MAF s u c c e s s f u l l y completed post-manufac43
t u r i n g c h e c k o u t of S-IC-3.
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At LC-39A t h e a u t o m a t i c l o a d i n g of f u e l i n t h e S-IC-F s t a g e of SA-500F,
which began on August 1 2 , was s u c c e s s f u l l y completed. 44
AUGUST 25:
I B M began s t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n of S-IU-504,
the instrument
u n i t f o r t h e f o u r t h f l i g h t S a t u r n V.
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The Super Guppy d e l i v e r e d S-IU-501 t o KSC f o r u s e i n t h e SA-501 l a u n c h
v e h i c l e . 46
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NASA s u c c e s s f u l l y l a u n c h e d t h e A p o l l o / S a t u r n AS-202 v e h i c l e from
Complex 34 a t 1:16 p.m. EDT.
The t h i r d Uprated S a t u r n I f l i g h t
v e h i c l e b o o s t e d unmanned A p o l l o s p a c e c r a f t 011 i n t o s u b o r b i t a l f l i g h t .
I t was t h e second f l i g h t t e s t of t h e major s p a c e c r a f t s y s t e m s , and
t h e second performance check of t h e Command Module (CM) h e a t s h i e l d .
Liftoff
and powered f l i g h t were normal.
t h e 21,500-pound-thrust
After spacecraft separation,
S e r v i c e Module (SM) p r o p u l s i o n e n g i n e burned
3 m i n u t e s and 35 seconds t o b o o s t t h e s p a c e c r a f t t o 706 m i l e s a l t i tude.
The SM e n g i n e i g n i t e d t h r e e more t i m e s t o t e s t r a p i d r e s t a r t
c a p a b i l i t i e s , w i t h t h e l a s t burn s e p a r a t i n g t h e SM.
The CM e n t e r e d
e a r t h ' s atmosphere a t more t h a n 1 9 , 9 0 0 mph, and maximum t e m p e r a t u r e
of t h e s p a c e c r a f t ' s s u r f a c e was c a l c u l a t e d t o be a b o u t 2,700 d e g r e e s
F. w h i l e i n t e r n a l t e m p e r a t u r e was 70 d e g r e e s .
The main p a r a c h u t e s
d e p l o y e d a t 23,850 f e e t a l t i t u d e , l o w e r i n g t h e CM t o splashdown i n
t h e P a c i f i c Ocean a b o u t 500 m i l e s s o u t h e a s t of Wake I s l a n d and 200
m i l e s from t h e t a r g e t , a t 2:49 p.m.
c a r r i e r USS Hornet.
EDT.
Recovery was by a i r c r a f t
The Apollo h e a t s h i e l d had w e l l w i t h s t o o d t h e
h i g h h e a t - l o a d t e s t , and t h e s p a c e c r a f t was i n " s t a b l e c o n d i t i o n 1."47
�AUGUST 25-26:
The s t e e r i n g committee f o r t h e p r e l i m i n a r y s t u d y o f a
NASA manned s p a c e s t a t i o n met a t Manned S p a c e c r a f t C e n t e r , Houston,
Texas, t o review space s t a t i o n design approaches, l o g i s t i c system
a p p r o a c h e s , and e x p e r i m e n t i n t e g r a t i o n .
T h i s committee i n c l u d e d
MSFC p e r s o n n e l . 48
AUGUST 26:
S-IC-1,
t h e f i r s t S a t u r n V f l i g h t b o o s t e r , went a b o a r d t h e
b a r g e P o s e i d o n a t H u n t s v i l l e and d e p a r t e d f o r KSC.
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Boeing, NASA, and S&ID p e r s o n n e l met a t KSC t o d i s c u s s c o n v e r s i o n of
t h e S-11-F s t a g e t o t h e S-11-F/D c o n f i g u r a t i o n . 5 0
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I n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g of S-11-1 f l i g h t s t a g e , NAA p e r 51
s o n n e l a t MTF a p p l i e d power t o t h e s t a g e on T e s t S t a n d A-2.
- MSFC t e s t p e r s o n n e l c o n d u c t e d a f i r i n g t e s t of t h e S a t u r n V/S-IVB
APS module.
AUGUST 27:
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Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MAF completed p o s t m a n u f a c t u r i n g check-
o u t o f S-IC-3 s t a g e . 5 3
-
MSFC p e r s o n n e l r e i n s t a l l e d a n F-1 e n g i n e i n t h e No. 1 p o s i t i o n on
S-IC-2 a f t e r f i r i n g t h e e n g i n e t w i c e t o i d e n t i f y and c o r r e c t a
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h i g h - t h r u s t problem.
AUGUST 30:
Douglas workmen a t H u n t i n g t o n Beach s h i p p e d t h e completed
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S-IVB-207 s t a g e t o SACTO v i a t h e Super Guppy a i r c r a f t .
AUGUST 31:
Workmen a t S e a l Beach moved S-11-3 s t a g e t o a t e s t s t a t i o n
f o r LOX t a n k c l e a n i n g and LH2 t a n k h e l i u m s o a k i n g i n p r e p a r a t i o n
f o r s y s t e m s i n s t a l l a t i o n . 56
�S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p f i r i n g t e s t No. 39 ended a f t e r 233 seconds a t
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S a n t a Susana.
AUGUST 31:
I N AUGUST:
Douglas workmen a t S a n t a Monica completed t h e common bulkhead
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f o r S-IVB-505 f l i g h t s t a g e .
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S t r u c t u r a l t e s t i n g of t h e S-IC o x i d i z e r t a n k assembly i n t h e S-IC-5
c o n f i g u r a t i o n ended s u c c e s s f u l l y a t M S F C . ~ ~
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S&ID workmen a t S e a l Beach completed ahead of s c h e d u l e t h e a f t bulkhead
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f o r t h e S-11-4 f l i g h t s t a g e .
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MSFC t e s t p e r s o n n e l conducted t h r e e s t a t i c f i r i n g s of t h e S-IVB B a t t l e ship a t Huntsville.
There was a 31-second t e s t August 11, a 20-second
f i r i n g on August 24, and a t e s t of 279 seconds August 26.
The f i r s t
S-IVB "hot g i m b a l i n g " program a t MSFC was performed d u r i n g t h e August
26 t e s t a 6 1
-
NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s approved m o d i f i c a t i o n of
t h e v e s s e l O r i o n , t o be
used a s a backup f o r t h e P o i n t Barrow and t h e Poseidon i n w a t e r
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t r a n s p o r t of S a t u r n s t a g e s .
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S-IVB-502 p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t and s y s t ~ m s t e s t s c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h o u t
t h e morith a t SACTO. 6 3
�S E P T E M B E R
SEPTEMBER 1:
1 9 6 6
An i n v e s t i g a t i v e b o a r d named by t h e MSFC D i r e c t o r t o s t u d y
s t a g e a c c i d e n t a l d e s t r u c t i o n d u r i n g a t e s t a t MTF on
t h e S-11-T/D
May 2 8 r e p o r t e d i t s f i n d i n g s and recommendations.
The b o a r d found
t h a t t h e p r i m a r y f a i l u r e o c c u r r e d n e a r t h e LH2 f i l l - a n d - d r a i n l i n e
f i t t i n g - t o - s k i n and was caused by s t r e s s i n d u c e d by poor f i t i n conjunction with the pressure applied.
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c o n t r o l o v e r MTF t e s t p r o c e d u r e s .
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The b o a r d recommended t i g h t e r
NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s approved t h e MSFC c o n t r a c t w i t h Computer S c i e n c e s
C o r p o r a t i o n f o r m i s s i o n s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s f o r t h e Computation L a b o r a 2
tory.
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C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC conducted a s u c c e s s f u l s h o r t - d u r a t i o n ( 3 5 second) f i r i n g of t h e S-IB-7 s t a g e . 3
-
T e c h n i c i a n s a t SACTO i n s t a l l e d i n Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d t h e S-IVB-207 s t a g e ,
which had a r r i v e d August 31 from H u n t i n g t o n Beach.
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4
S o l u t i o n of t h e S-IVB s t a g e oxygen-hydrogen b u r n e r i n j e c t o r i c i n g p r o gram was d e m o n s t r a t e d by Douglas a t SACTO i n a s e r i e s of 1 6 performance
t e s t s beginning t h i s date.5
SEPTEMBER 2:
P o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t a c t i v i t y on t h e S-IVB-502 s t a g e ended
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a t SACTO.
SEPTEMBER 3 :
IBM a t H u n t s v i l l e completed assembly of S-IU-502 and made
immediate p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r t e s t i n g t h e u n i t .
-
/
I B M p e r s o n n e l completed s t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n o f S-IU-207.
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�SEPTEMBER 3:
An open house was h e l d c e l e b r a t i n g t h e opening of t h e MARS
Golf and Country Club n e a r M e r i d i a n v i l l e 12 m i l e s n o r t h of H u n t s v i l l e .
The newly completed employee r e c r e a t i o n f a c i l i t y was o p e r a t e d f o r
MSFC employees .9
SEPTEMBER 6:
MSFC announced t h r e e key p e r s o n n e l changes i n t h e C e n t e r ' s
Engine Program O f f i c e :
S. F. Morea, F-1 Engine p r o j e c t manager,
became d e p u t y manager, Engine Program O f f i c e ; F r a n c i s M . S t e w a r t I11
s u c c e e d e d Morea i n t h e F-1 Engine O f f i c e ; and A . J . Burks, J r . ,
a s s i s t a n t manager, Engine Program O f f i c e , assumed a d d i t i o n a l d u t i e s
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a s a c t i n g c h i e f , Program C o n t r o l O f f i c e .
SEPTEMBER 6-7:
A s t r o n a u t Alan Bean v i s i t e d MSFC and s i m u l a t e d S-IVB
Workshop a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e n e u t r a l buoyancy Zero G s i m u l a t o r t a n k ,
w e a r i n g t h e Arrowhead Mark I V p r e s s u r e s u i t .
He a l s o worked w i t h
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S-IVB Workshop 209 e x p e r i m e n t s i n t h e ME L a b ' s mockup a r e a .
SEPTEMBER 7:
The b a r g e Poseidon c a r r y i n g t h e S-IC-1 s t a g e resumed i t s
voyage from MSFC t o KSC a f t e r b e i n g d e l a y e d s e v e r a l days a t New O r l e a n s
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by a towing s t r i k e .
P e r s o n n e l a t SACTO completed p o s t - f i r i n g c h e c k o u t of
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S-IVB-502 s t a g e w i t h a n a l l - s y s t e m s t e s t .
SEPTEMBER 12:
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The S-IC-1 s t a g e , b o o s t e r f o r t h e f i r s t S a t u r n V f l i g h t v e h i c l e , a r r i v e d
a t KSC from MSFC t o b e g i n t h e b u i l d u ? of f l i g h t v e h i c l e SA-501.
men unloaded t h e s t a g e , moved i t t o t h e LC-39 VAB, and i n i t i a t e d
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receiving inspection.
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V e r t i c a l assembly of S-IC-5 was completed a t MAF.
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Work-
�SEPTEMBER 13:
A f u l l - d u r a t i o n s t a t i c f i r i n g of S-IB-7 s t a g e o c c u r r e d a t
.
MSFC l6
SEPTEMBER 14:
Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t SACTO s u c c e s s f u l l y f i r e d t h e S-IVB-206
s t a g e f o r a m a i n s t a g e d u r a t i o n of 66.7 s e c o n d s .
This f i r i n g v e r i f i e d
performance of a n e n g i n e f o l l o w i n g r e p l a c e m e n t of t h e LOX turbopump
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assembly.
SEPTEMBER 15:
MSFC p e r s o n n e l completed t h e s t r u c t u r a l t e s t program of t h e
S-IU-200S/500S-111.
In the f i n a l t e s t condition the u n i t successfully
w i t h s t o o d 1 4 0 p e r c e n t l i m i t l o a d i n g s and was c o n s i d e r e d q u a l i f i e d f o r
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b o t h manned and unmanned U p r a t e d S a t u r n I and S a t u r n V v e h i c l e s .
SEPTEMBER 20:
MSFC/Huntsville s h i p p e d t h e S-IB-7 s t a g e back t o MAF f o r
p o s t - s t a t i c t e s t s f o l l o w i n g t h e f u l l - d u r a t i o n s t a t i c t e s t September 1 3 .
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Manual LOX l o a d i n g t e s t s a t KSC were completed f o r S-IC-F s t a g e .
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S&ID t e c h n i c i a n s began t h e v e r t i c a l b u i l d u p of t h e S-11-5 f l i g h t s t a g e
a t S e a l Beach w i t h t h e weld j o i n i n g of t a n k c y l i n d e r s .
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problems h i n d e r e d t h e b u i l d u p .
Welding
-
IBM/Huntsville completed c h e c k o u t of S-IU-205 b u t r e t a i n e d t h e u n i t f o r
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i n s t a l l a t i o n of m o d i f i c a t i o n k i t s p r i o r t o s h i p p i n g t o KSC.
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The RCA l l O A computer was i n s t a l l e d i n Launch C o n t r o l C e n t e r F i r i n g
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Room 2 a t LC-39, KSC.
SEPTEMBER 23:
MAF r e t u r n e d t o H u n t s v i l l e t h e S-IB-D/F ( d y n a m i c / f a c i l i t i e s )
The s t a g e was s c h e d u l e d f o r
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d i s p l a y a t t h e MSFC Space O r i e n t a t i o n C e n t e r .
s t a g e which had been i n s t o r a g e a t MAF.
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�SEPTEMBER 23:
KSC t e c h n i c i a n s a t LC-39A s u c c e s s f u l l y completed t h e
S-11-F LOX and LH2 manual l o a d i n g t e s t .
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were accomplished.
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Most major t e s t o b j e c t i v e s
The S-IC-3 s t a g e , f i r s t S a t u r n V f l i g h t b o o s t e r m a n u f a c t u r e d by Boeing,
d e p a r t e d MAF by b a r g e e n r o u t e t o MSFC/Huntsville f o r s t a t i c t e s t i n g . 2 6
SEPTEMBER 24:
Checkout of t h e S-11-2 s t a g e s y s t e m s , which proceeded much
more smoothly t h a n had checkout of S-11-1,
SEPTEMBER 26:
ended a t S e a l Beach. 2 7
S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t S e a l Beach s u c c e s s f u l l y conducted t h e
t h i r d p n e u m o s t a t i c t e s t of S-11-3 f l i g h t s t a g e . 2 8
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C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t MAF began p o s t - s t a t i c m o d i f i c a t i o n s and r e p a i r s
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on S-IB-7 s t a g e .
SEPTEMBER 27:
A t MTF t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n c o n t r a c t o r completed t h e S - I 1
V e h i c l e S e r v i c e and V e r t i c a l Checkout B u i l d i n g .
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i n s t a l l a t i o n continued.
SEPTEMBER 28:
T e c h n i c a l systems
With assembly of t h e S-11-4 f l i g h t s t a g e a l m o s t complete
a t S e a l Beach, o f f i c i a l s r e f u s e d t o a c c e p t t h e f a u l t y " g i r t h weld"
o f t h e a f t b u l k h e a d ; a review board d e c i d e d t o c u t t h e weld a p a r t
and t o r e p l a c e t h e bulkhead w i t h t h e S-11-5 a f t bulkhead. 3 1
-
The AKD P o i n t Barrow a r r i v e d a t S e a l Beach c a r r y i n g t h e a f t s e c t i o n
of t h e S-11-T/D,
SEPTEMBER 29:
which was s c h e d u l e d f o r m i n u t e e x a m i n a t i o n . 3 2
MSFC announced award of t h r e e new s t u d y c o n t r a c t s i n v o l v i n g
manned p l a n e t a r y f l y b y s .
M i s s i o n s i n t h e 1975-82 p e r i o d would be
s t u d i e d by NAA S&ID and Douglas, e a c h w i t h $100,000 c o n t r a c t s .
Systems, I n c . ,
r e c e i v e d a $200,000 c o n t r a c t t o s t u d y a l t e r n a t i v e
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m i s s i o n modes f o r o r b i t a l and l a n d i n g m i s s i o n s .
TRF!
�SEPTEMBER 30:
Technicians a t Huntington Beach i n s t a l l e d a 5-2 e n g i n e on
S-IVB-504 s t a g e d u r i n g v e r t i c a l assembly and systems i n s t a l l a t i o n of
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the stage.
I N SEPTEMBER:
S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t SSFL began major m o d i f i c a t i o n s t o t h e
B a t t l e s h i p T e s t Stand upon completion of T e s t F i r i n g No. 39.
c a t i o n s were i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r b o a t t a i l environmental t e s t s .
Modifi-
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�O C T O B E R
OCTOBER 1:
1 9 6 6
S-IC-3 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t H u n t s v i l l e by b a r g e from MAF.'
OCTOBER 2:
S-11-2 s t a g e systems c h e c k o u t , i n p r o g r e s s s i n c e J u l y 23,
2
ended a t S&ID1s S e a l Beach f a c i l i t y .
OCTOBER 3 :
S-IC-D f i n and f a i r i n g t e s t s t h a t began September 29 were
completed a t MSFC. 3
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S-IC-F a u t o m a t i c LOX l o a d i n g ended a t LC-39A, KSC.
4
Workmen a t MSFC/Huntsville unloaded S-IC-3 and p l a c e d i t i n t h e S-IC
T e s t Stand i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r acceptance f i r i n g . 5
Douglas workmen a t Huntington Beach f i n i s h e d p a i n t i n g t h e S-IVB-503
s t a g e f o l l o w i n g September 1 4 c o m p l e t i o n of a l l f a c t o r y c h e c k o u t t e s t s .
-
The RCA l l O A computer f o r Launch U m b i l i c a l Tower (LUT) No. 2 a t LC-39
7
was i n s t a l l e d fol.lowing d e l i v e r y t o KSC on September 30.
OCTOBER 5:
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ity.
F a c t o r y c h e c k o u t of S-IU-206 began a t I B M ' s H u n t s v i l l e f a c i l -
OCTOBER 7:
G e n e r a l Dynamics C o r p o r a t i o n r e c e i v e d a n e i g h t - m o n t h $275,000
c o n t r a c t f o r a study of very l a r g e space s t r u c t u r e s .
The f i r m would
a n a l y z e s t r u c t u r a l c o n c e p t s p r o v i d e d by MSFC and a l s o d e v e l o p a d d i t i o n a l concepts.
G e n e r a l Dynamics would t h e n s e l e c t t h r e e s t r u c t u r e s
t h a t c o u l d f l y a s A p o l l o A p p l i c a t i o n s payloads on S a t u r n l a u n c h
9
vehicles.
Workmen a t Huntington Beach performed h y d r o s t a t i c t e s t i n g of
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t h e S-IVB-505 t a n k a g e .
OCTOBER 10:
6
�OCTOBER 1 0 :
P e r s o n n e l a t SSFL began S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e b o a t t a i l
environmental t e s t i n g .
These t e s t s were s c h e d u l e d t o c o n t i n u e t h r o u g h
December t o e v a l u a t e t h e S - I 1 s t a g e LOX r e c i r c u l a t i o n s y s t e m . l l
C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t MAF completed p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t o f
OCTOBER 11:
S-IB-6 and began t o p r e p a r e t h e s t a g e f o r shipment t o KSC. 12
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S-IVB-503 t r a v e l l e d v i a Super Guppy from H u n t i n g t o n Beach t o SACTO f o r
c h e c k o u t and a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g t e s t s . 1 3
MSFC completed d e l i v e r y t o KSC o f t h e q u a l i f i e d s e r v i c e arms
OCTOBER 1 2 :
and t a i l s e r v i c e m a s t s f o r LUT No. 1.1 4
-
Douglas workmen a t H u n t i n g t o n Beach completed f a c t o r y c h e c k o u t o f S-IVB208 s t a g e . 15
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Shipment o f S-IVB-503 s t a g e by a i r from t h e Douglas assembly p l a n t t o
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SACTO f o r t e s t i n g o c c u r r e d .
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SA-500F v e h i c l e a u t o m a t i c LOX and LH2 l o a d i n g was s a t i s f a c t o r i l y
a c c o m p l i s h e d a t KSC LC-39A. 17
NASA awarded t h e I B M F e d e r a l Systems D i v i s i o n a $51 m i l l i o n
OCTOBER 1 4 :
sole-source c o n t r a c t t o provide Saturn instrument u n i t launch support
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s e r v i c e s a t KSC t h r o u g h J u n e 3 0 , 1970.
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R o l l b a c k o f t h e SA-500F v e h i c l e from LC-39A t o t h e VAB was accomplished
a t KSC, f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of f a c i l i t y / v e h i c l e c h e c k o u t and n e c e s s a r y
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testing
.
OCTOBER 15:
MSFC u n v e i l e d t o t h e p u b l i c f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e a mockup of
a n U p r a t e d S a t u r n I upper (S-IVB) s t a g e c o n v e r t e d i n t o a s p a c e
�workshop.
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event.
OCTOBER 17:
The mockup was shown d u r i n g t h e C e n t e r ' s open house
S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t KSC s t a r t e d work t o modify t h e S-11-F s t a g e
t o t h e S-11-D c o n f i g u r a t i o n f o r t h e S a t u r n V dynamic t e s t program a t
MSFC . 2 1
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On T e s t S t a n d A-2 a t MTF S&ID p e r s o n n e l s u c c e s s f u l l y accomplished t h e
LN2/LH2 t a n k i n g t e s t of t h e S-11-1 s t a g e p r e p a r a t o r y t o s t a t i c - f i r i n g
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the stage.
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S t a g e b a l l a s t i n g of S-IC-D was completed and l o n g i t u d i n a l t e s t i n g on
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t h e s t a g e began a t MSFC's S a t u r n V Dynamic T e s t S t a n d .
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Douglas p e r s o n n e l a t Huntington Beach completed S-IVB-206 s t a g e p o s t 24
f i r i n g checkout.
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A f t e r u p d a t i n g t h e S-IC-T t o t h e S-IC-4 c o n f i g u r a t i o n , MSFC/Huntsville
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p e r s o n n e l s h i p p e d t h e s t a g e t o MTF v i a t h e Poseidon.
OCTOBER 19:
MSFC awarded t h e M a r t i n Company a one-year $100,000 c o n t r a c t
f o r a d e s i g n f e a s i b i l i t y s t u d y of a 2 , 0 0 0 - w a t t n u c l e a r power s y s t e m
c o n s i s t i n g of f o u r Snap-29 r a d i o i s o t o p e g e n e r a t o r s f o r p o s s i b l e u s e
on l o n g - d u r a t i o n p o s t - A p o l l o m i s s i o n s . 2 6
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Douglas s u c c e s s f u l l y accomplished a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g of S-IVB-207 s t a g e
a t SACTO i n Beta 1 T e s t S t a n d .
OCTOBER 21:
M a i n s t a g e d u r a t i o n was 445.6 s e c o n d s .
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Wyle L a b o r a t o r i e s f o r m a l l y opened i t s High-Force V i b r a t i o n
T e s t i n g F a c i l i t y a t H u n t s v i l l e f o r t h e S - I 1 s t a g e and o t h e r components
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of t h e S a t u r n V v e h i c l e .
�OCTOBER 21:
KSC t e c h n i c i a n s completed d e - e r e c t i o n of SA-500F i n t h e VAB
a t LC-39.
The d e - e r e c t i o n p r o c e s s began October 1 5 w i t h t h e Command
and S e r v i c e Modules and I n s t r u m e n t U n i t , c o n t i n u e d October 16 w i t h
t h e S-IVB and S - I 1 s t a g e s , and concluded w i t h t h e S-IC s t a g e . 2 9
OCTOBER 23:
The S-IC-T s t a g e , s h i p p e d from H u n t s v i l l e October 1 7 , a r r i v e d
a t MTF and was s t o r e d pending c o m p l e t i o n of t h e B-2 T e s t S t a n d . 3 0
OCTOBER 24:
During e r e c t i o n of SA-501 on LUT No. 1 t h e LC-39 VAB, work-
men completed removal and r e p l a c e m e n t of a l l b u t f o u r of t h e n e c e s s a r y
swing arms. 31
OCTOBER 25:
T e c h n i c i a n s c o n v e r t i n g S-11-F s t a g e t o S-11-D c o n f i g u r a t i o n
o u t of t h e bay a t KSC. 3 2
completed t h e work and r o l l e d t h e S-11-F/D
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MSFC announced award of a $679,101 c o n t r a c t t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Wisconsin t o d e v e l o p s e n s o r s f o r a g a l a c t i c X-ray mapping e x p e r i m e n t
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t o be flown on a n Uprated S a t u r n I l a u n c h v e h i c l e .
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The S-IB-8 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t MSFC/Huntsville from MAF f o r ground t e s t
operations
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OCTOBER 26:
S-IC-3 p r o p e l l a n t l o a d t e s t , which began October 2 5 , was
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s u c c e s s f u l l y completed a t MSFC.
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NASA awarded NAA a $37 m i l l i o n supplementary c o n t r a c t c o v e r i n g l a u n c h
p r e p a r a t i o n and c h e c k o u t of t e n S - I 1 s t a g e s of t h e S a t u r n V v e h i c l e .36
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S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t S e a l Beach completed assembly of t h e S-11-5 s t a g e
a f t bulkhead.
The bulkhead t h e n was r e d e s i g n a t e d t o t h e S-11-4 s t a g e .
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�OCTOBER 27:
LC-39.
vehicle.
OCTOBER 28:
KSC p e r s o n n e l e r e c t e d S-IC-1 on LUT No. 1 i n t h e VAB a t
S-IC-E was t h e f i r s t s t a g e of t h e f i r s t S a t u r n V f l i g h t
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NASA awarded a $4.5 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t m o d i f i c a t i o n c a l l i n g
f o r Boeing t o assume d e s i g n and procurement r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s f o r
c e r t a i n S-IC s t a g e s t r u c t u r a l components and i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n p r e 39
v i o u s l y p r o v i d e d by t h e government.
The S-11-F/D s t a g e was l o a d e d a b o a r d a b a r g e a t KSC and
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s h i p p e d t o MSFC/Huntsville.
OCTOBER 29:
OCTOBER 31:
The S - I 1 s p a c e r , a s u b s t i t u t e f o r S-11-1 s t a g e of t h e
SA-501 l a u n c h v e h i c l e , was e r e c t e d a t o p t h e S-IC-1 i n t h e VAB a t
.
KSC 41
I N OCTOBER:
During t h e l a s t week of t h e month c o n t r a c t o r s i n v o l v e d i n
t h e FY-1965 S a t u r n Improvement S t u d i e s gave t h e i r f i n a l p r e s e n t a t i o n s
t o MSFC.
The s t u d i e s , i n v o l v i n g s i x c o n t r a c t o r s and $1.6 m i l l i o n ,
w e r e aimed a t u p r a t i n g S a t u r n I B , S a t u r n V , and a c l a s s between t h e s e
two c a l l e d " i n t e r m e d i a t e S a t u r n . ,142
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F o l l o w i n g d e - e r e c t i o n of t h e SA-5OOF v e h i c l e a t KSC t h i s month, p e r s o n n e l s t o r e d t h e S-IU-F and S-IVB-F a t KSC; c o n v e r t e d t h e S-11-F t o
t h e S-11-D c o n f i g u r a t i o n and s h i p p e d i t t o MSFC; and p r e p a r e d t o
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s h i p S-IC-F t o MAE f o r s t o r a g e .
�NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 1:
With p o s t - s t a t i c m o d i f i c a t i o n s and r e p a i r c o m p l e t e , C h r y s l e r
p e r s o n n e l a t MAF began p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t o f t h e S-IB-7 s t a g e . I
NOVEMBER 2:
NASA announced e x t e n s i o n f o r a n a d d i t i o n a l 1 2 months of t h e
o p e r a t i o n a l l i f e t i m e s o f t h e t h r e e Pegasus m e t e o r o i d d e t e c t i o n
s a t e l l i t e s b e c a u s e of t h e i r s u c c e s s f u l o p e r a t i o n .
The s a t e l l i t e s
w e r e l a u n c h e d by S a t u r n I v e h i c l e s on F e b r u a r y 1 6 , May 27, and
J u l y 30, 1965. A l l had been s c h e d u l e d t o o p e r a t e 1 8 months. 2
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The S-IU-501 was e r e c t e d i n t h e VAB, one day a f t e r s t a c k i n g of t h e
3
S-IVB-501 a s p a r t of t h e SA-501 v e h i c l e .
~ ~ ~ / H u n t s v i pl el res o n n e l s t a r t e d s t r u c t u r a l f a b r i c a t i o n of S-IU-208.
NOVEMBER 5:
4
A b l a s t o c c u r r e d i n t h e LH2 v e n t l i n e a t MTF T e s t S t a n d
A-2 where S-11-1 s t a g e was b e i n g p r e p a r e d f o r a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g t e s t s .
The e x p l o s i o n d e s t r o y e d a b o u t 8 0 f e e t of t h e 2 4 - i n c h v e n t l i n e and
5
f o r c e d f o r e i g n m a t e r i a l i n t o t h e LH2 t a n k of t h e s t a g e .
NOVEMBER 7:
NASA f o r m a l l y a c c e p t e d S-IU-502 from t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r , I B M ,
6
f o l l o w i n g s a t i s f a c t o r y c o m p l e t i o n of c h e c k o u t on November 3 .
NOVEMBER 8:
KSC p e r s o n n e l a t LC-39 a p p l i e d power t o t h e S-IC-1 s t a g e
s t a c k e d i n t h e VAB. 7
-
I n t h e Beta 3 T e s t S t a n d a t SACTO undergoing m o d i f i c a t i o n work and
p a r t s i n s t a l l a t i o n s i n c e October 1 4 , t h e S-IVB-503 had performance
v e r i f i c a t i o n completed and power t u r n e d on f o r subsystem c h e c k o u t
8
and p r e p a r a t i o n f o r f i r i n g t e s t s .
�NOVEMBER 1 0 :
G e n e r a l E L e c t r i c Company's M i s s r l e and Space D i v i s i o n had
r e c e i v e d a 1 ~ - m u x i t h , $14 .884 c o n t r a c t f-om MSFC t o s t u d y e l e c t r i c
p r o p u l s i o n c o n ~ e p t sf o r
system.
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low a c c e l e r a t i o n s p a c e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
9
The S-11-F/D,
which was s h i p p e d from KSC on O c t o b e r 29 f o l l o w i n g com-
p l e t i o n o f SA-500F c h e c k o u t , a r r i v e d a t MSFC f o r t e s t i n g i n t h e
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S a t u r n V Dynamic T e s t S t a n d .
NOVEMBER 1 2 :
MAE was h o s t t o a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 8 , 0 0 0 v i s i t o r s a t t h e a n n u a l
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NASA-contractor open h o u s e e v e n t .
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P e r s o n n e l a t t h e MSFC S a t u r n V Dynamic T e s t S t a n d c o m p l e t e d l o n g i t u d 12
i n a l t e s t i n g o f t h e S-IC-D s t a g e .
NOVEMBER 15:
Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC/Huntsville s u c c e s s f u l l y f i r e d t h e
S-IC-3 s t a g e f o r 121.5 s e c o n d s .
A l l s y s t e m s f u n c t i o n e d w e l l and no
major problems were encountered.
T h i s was t h e l a s t p l a n n e d f i r i n g
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o f a n S-IC s t a g e a t H u n t s v i l l e .
NOVEMBER 16:
A s h o r t - d u r a t i o n f i r i n g ( 3 5 s e c o n d s ) o f S-IB-8 o c c u r r e d
a t MSFC, a p p r o x i m a t e l y f o u r weeks a h e a d of s c h e d u l e . 1 4
NOVEMBER 1 7 :
S-11-1 s t a g e LH2 t a n k c l e a n u p a n d c l o s e o u t ended a t MTF
T e s t S t a n d A-2, where a n e x p l o s i o n November 5 c a u s e d c o n t a m i n a t i o n
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of t h e t a n k .
NOVEMBER 1 7 :
NASA announced s e v e r a l c h a n g e s i n t h e A p o l l o I S a t u r n manned
s p a c e f l i g h t s c h e d u l e , b e c a u s e of l a u n c h v e h i c l e and s p a c e c r a f t
development problems.
c r a f t (AS-205),
date set.
The second manned f l i g h t of a n A p o l l o s p a c e -
s c h e d u l e d f o r s p r i n g 1 9 6 7 , was p o s t p o n e d and n o new
The AS-205 prime c r e w - - W a l t e r M .
S c h i r r a , Donn F . E i s e l e
�and Walter Cunningham--became the backup crew for the AS-204 mission.
AS-204, the first manned ApoPlo flight, was scheduled for the first
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quarter of 9967.
NOVEMBER 18:
Boeing personnel completed installation the S-IC-5 F-1
engines; this task had been in progress since October 18 at MAF.
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NOVEMBER 19:
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IBM completed checkout of S-IU-206 at Huntsville.
NOVEMBER 21:
MSFC announced it had ordered 30 additional F-1 engines
and related services from Rocketdyne Division of North American.
The order completed the requirements for the 15 scheduled Saturn V
boosters.
Cost was estimated at $141 million. ,FJ1engines purchased
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to date totalled 106.
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S-IC-3 was removed from the MSFC S-IC Test Stand for return to MAF. 20
- MSFC presented to NASA Headquarters a summary of information from the
FY-1965 Saturn Improvement Studies.
These studies were performed by
United Technology Corporation, NAA, Boeing, Douglas, Chrysler, and
Aerojet-General.21
NOVEMBER 21-22:
Boeing personnel at Huntsville stacked the S-11-F/D
stage on the S-IC-D stage in the Saturn V Dynamic Test Facility
without major problems.
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November 19.
S-11-F/D had been moved to the facility
NOVEMBER 22:
Vehicle "power on" was accomplished during checkout of
SA-501 in the VAB at KSC'S LC-39.23
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The IU structural subcontractor delivered to IBM the structural seg24
ments of S-IU-209.
�NOVEMBER 22:
A t a NASA b i d d e r s ' c o n f e r e n c e a t MAF today r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
of 17 s h i p b u i l d i n g f i r m s i n s p e c t e d t h e b a r g e Orion w i t h a view t o
m o d i f y i n g t h e v e s s e l t o accommodate S a t u r n V s t a g e s . 25
NOVEMBER 23:
NASA had a u t h o r i z e d Perkin-Elmer C o r p o r a t i o n and C h r y s l e r
t o c o n t i n u e f o r n i n e a d d i t i o n a l months t h e i r s t u d i e s o f o p t i c a l
technology f o r f u t u r e extended Apollo f l i g h t s .
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t h e p a r a l l e l $250,000 c o n t r a c t e x t e n s i o n s .
NOVEMBER 25:
MSFC would manage
MSFC o b t a i n e d b e n e f i c i a l occupancy of t h e S a t u r n S u p p o r t
T e s t Area h i g h - p r e s s u r e g a s and p r o p e l l a n t s s y s t e m .
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c o m p l e t e e x c e p t f o r minor d e f i c i e n c e s .
NOVEMBER 27:
The j o b was
The S-IC-3, which was s h i p p e d on t h e Poseidon from
MSFCI
H u n t s v i l l e on November 22 a f t e r a c c e p t a n c e f i r i n g , a r r i v e d a t MAF
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f o r r e f u r b i s h m e n t and p o s t - s t a t i c c h e c k o u t .
NOVEMBER 28:
NASA awarded f o u r c o n t r a c t s t o t a l l i n g $825,000 f o r s t u d i e s
of methods t o e x p l o r e t h e p l a n e t s and t o d e s i g n advanced l a u n c h
vehicles.
R e c e i v i n g c o n t r a c t s were:
Lockheed M i s s i l e s and Space
Company, $200,000; Boeing Company, $150,000; L o c k h e e d - C a l i f o r n i a
Company, $250,000; and NAA, $225,000.
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manage t h e c o n t r a c t s .
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NASA H e a d q u a r t e r s would
NASA announced t h a t i t would n e g o t i a t e a c o n t r a c t w i t h Bendix f o r
development and p r o d u c t i o n of a p o i n t i n g c o n t r o l s y s t e m f o r t h e
A p o l l o T e l e s c o p e Mount.
Bendix would produce t h r e e u n i t s under
d i r e c t i o n of MSFC a t a c o s t of a b o u t $6.9 m i l l i o n . 3 0
NOVEMBER 29:
The forward bulkhead of t h e S-11-3 s t a g e ' s LH2 t a n k was
damaged when a l a d d e r f e l l w h i l e t h e s t a g e was i n a h o r i z o n t a l
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p o s i t i o n f o r i n - t a n k systems i n s t a l l a t i o n a t S e a l Beach.
�NOVEMBER 29:
C h r y s l e r p e r s o n n e l a t MSFC s u c c e s s f u l l y s t a t i c - f i r e d f o r
145 s e c o n d s t h e S-IB-8 s t a g e .
The S-IB-8 was t o f l y a s t h e b o o s t e r
o f t h e e i g h t h Uprated S a t u r n I l a u n c h v e h i c l e . 32
NOVEMBER 30:
-
The S-IVB-207 s t a g e a c c e p t a n c e m e e t i n g was h e l d a t SACTO. 3 3
P e r s o n n e l a t MSFC s a t i s f a c t o r i l y performed a t e c h n i c a l d e m o n s t r a t i o n
of t h e h y d r a u l i c l o a d s i m u l a t o r s on t h e S a t u r n V SDF a f t e r s t a r t i n g
34
f u n c t i o n a l c h e c k o u t of t h e s i m u l a t o r s on O c t o b e r . 2 6 .
I N NOVEMBER:
MSFC D i r e c t o r Wernher von Braun announced management
o r g a n i z a t i o n t o d i r e c t t h e Apollo T e l e s c o p e Mount ( A m ) p r o j e c t :
L e l a n d Belew, Program Manager; Rein I s e , P r o j e c t Manager; W i l l i a m
K e a t h l e y , P r o j e c t Experiments D i r e c t o r ; E . B . C r a i g , C o n t r a c t i n g
Officer; D r . Ernst Stuhlinger, Project Scientist.
The MSFC A s t r i o n i c s
L a b o r a t o r y would be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o v e r a l l t e c h n i c a l a s p e c t s of t h e
35
ATM development.
�D E C E M B E R
DECEMBER 1:
1 9 6 6
Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t Michoud s u c c e s s f u l l y completed p o s t -
m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t of S-IC-4 b e f o r e s t o r i n g t h e s t a g e .
-
1
The S - I 1 common bulkhead t e s t t a n k (CBTT) a t S a n t a Susana f a i l e d
d u r i n g an u l t i m a t e h y d r o s t a t i c p r e s s u r e t e s t .
The LH2 t a n k b u l k -
head and w a l l c o l l a p s e d , l e a v i n g i n t a c t t h e LOX t a n k and common
bulkhead p o r t i o n of t h e t e s t a r t i c l e .
An i n v e s t i g a t i o n concluded
t h a t t h e f a i l u r e began w i t h a p r i o r c r a c k a t a f i t t i n g on t h e LH2
tank wall.
-
F o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of S-11-1 p r e s t a t i c c h e c k o u t and m o d i f i c a t i o n
e f f o r t s , workmen a t MTF performed a f u l l - d u r a t i o n f i r i n g l a s t i n g
384 s e c o n d s . 3
-
NASA e x t e n d e d f o r one y e a r a n a i r t r a n s p o r t c o n t r a c t between Aero
S p a c e l i n e s and MSFC.
The c o n t r a c t , w i t h e s t i m a t e d v a l u e of $2.5
m i l l i o n , c o n t i n u e d t h e s e r v i c e s of t h e Super Guppy and P r e g n a n t
Guppy a i r p l a n e s f o r t r a n s p o r t i n g major S a t u r n hardware. 4
-
F i n a l d e l i v e r y of SA-501 t e s t program t a p e s from t h e S a t u r n V SDF
a t MSFC t o KSC o c c u r r e d . '
DECEMBER 3:
Assembly c o m p l e t i o n of t h e SA-500D dynamic t e s t v e h i c l e a t
MSFC o c c u r r e d w i t h s t a c k i n g of t h e A p o l l o Command Module, S e r v i c e
Module, and Launch Escape System.
S-IVB-D s t a g e s t a c k i n g had ended
November 30, and assembly of o t h e r s p a c e c r a f t components on Decem6
b e r 1.
DECEMBER 4:
S-IVB-208 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t SACTO f o r a c c e p t a n c e t e s t i n g . '
�Workmen a t SACTO i n s t a l l e d S-IVB-208 s t a g e i n Beta 1 T e s t
8
Stand f o r a c c e p t a n c e t e s t i n g .
DECEMBER 5:
-
-
Post-manufacturing checkout of S-IC-4 s t a g e ended a t MAF w i t h o u t major
9
problems.
I n s t a l l a t i o n of i n s u l a t i o n , which had been i n p r o g r e s s on S-IVB-505
tankage throughout November, ended a t Douglas' Huntington Beach
10
plant.
DECEMBER 7:
Under an eight-month NASA c o n t r a c t Douglas would develop
d e s i g n r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r a s m a l l modular space l a b o r a t o r y .
The
proposed l a b o r a t o r y would r e p l a c e t h e d e s c e n t s t a g e of t h e Apollo
Lunar Module.
MSFC.
DECEMBER 8:
-
The $344,000 s t u d y c o n t r a c t would be managed by
11
I B M s t a r t e d s t r u c t u r a l assembly of S-IU-8. 12
MSFC shipped t h e S-IB-8 s t a g e t o MAF f o l l o w i n g completion of s t a t i c
firing. 13
-
I B M p e r s o n n e l a t H u n t s v i l l e completed f a b r i c a t i o n of S-IU-208 and
14
began component assembly.
NASA e x e r c i s e d a one-year renewal o p t i o n w i t h Ling-Temco-Vought
p r o v i d e computer s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s f o r MAF.
15
c o s t $2.7 m i l l i o n .
DECEMBER 9:
F a c t o r y checkout of S-IVB-504,
Beach October 4 , ended s u c c e s s f u l l y . 16
to
The c o n t r a c t e x t e n s i o n
which began a t Huntington
�The S-IC-F a r r i v e d a t MAF aboard t h e b a r g e Poseidon from
KSC t o be s t o r e d pending f u r t h e r need. 1 7
DECEMBER 10:
DECEMBER 12:
MSFC t e c h n i c i a n s completed t h e l o n g - d e l a y e d p o s t - s t a t i c
c h e c k o u t of S-IC-2,
d i s c o n n e c t e d t h e s t a g e from power, and t u r n e d
i t o v e r t o ME L a b o r a t o r y f o r i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f changes and m o d i f i c a 18
tions.
DECEMBER 13:
f o r KSC.
-
-
The S-IB-6 s t a g e l e f t MAF a b o a r d t h e b a r g e Palaemon bound
19
S-IB-8 a r r i v e d a t MAF from H u n t s v i l l e f o r p o s t - s t a t i c m o d i f i c a t i o n s
20
and c h e c k o u t .
Douglas s h i p p e d t h e S-IVB-206 s t a g e t o KSC f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n of
21
p o s t - f i r i n g c h e c k o u t and m o d i f i c a t i o n s a t Huntington Beach.
DECEMBER 14:
Boeing d e d i c a t e d i t s I n d u s t r i a l R e s e a r c h C e n t e r a t
F e a t u r e d s p e a k e r was D r . Edward C . Welsh, E x e c u t i v e
S e c r e t a r y o f t h e N a t i o n a l A e r o n a u t i c s and Space C o u n c i l . 2 2
Huntsville.
DECEMBER 14:
-
S-IVB-206 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t KSC. 2 3
I B M completed assembly of S-IU-207.
DECEMBER 15:
24
The S - I 1 i n t e r s t a g e p o r t i o n of t h e S-IC/S-I1 i n t e r f a c e
t e s t specimen f a i l e d a t MSFC's Load T e s t Annex d u r i n g d e s i g n l i m i t
25
l o a d i n g a t 127 p e r c e n t d e s i g n l i m i t l o a d .
-
Checkout of S-IU-207 began a t I B M ' s
Huntsville plant.
26
�Boeing moved t h e S-IC-4 s t a g e a t MAF i n t o s t o r a g e f o l l o w i n g
DECEMBER 16:
c o m p l e t i o n of p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t and i n c o r p o r a t i o n of
27
changes.
-
With assembly of S-IC-5 c o m p l e t e d , Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MAF moved t h e
s t a g e i n t o t h e Checkout B u i l d i n g f o r p o s t - m a n u f a c t u r i n g c h e c k o u t . 2 8
-
F a c t o r y c h e c k o u t of S-IVB-504 s t a g e , which began October 1 0 a t Hunt29
i n g t o n Beach, was completed a s p l a n n e d .
-
The Super Guppy a i r c r a f t d e l i v e r e d S-IU-206 t o KSC, t h r e e d a y s ahead
30
of s c h e d u l e .
-
SLID completed a s e r i e s of 159 b o a t t a i l e n v i r o n m e n t a l t e s t s on t h e
S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p a t S a n t a Susana.
These t e s t s d e t e r m i n e d t h e con-
d i t i o n s under which t h e LOX system would remain s u b c o o l e d from
p r e l a u n c h t h r o u g h S - I 1 e n g i n e s t a r t . 31
DECEMBER 17:
T e c h n i c i a n s a t MTF removed t h e S-IC-T a l l - s y s t e m s t e s t s t a g e
from s t o r a g e and p l a c e d i t i n S-IC S t a g e T e s t P o s i t i o n B-2 f o r s t a t i c
f i r i n g t e s t preparations.
P e r s o n n e l began e l e c t r i c a l and m e c h a n i c a l
hookup of t h e s t a g e . 32
DECEMBER 1 8 :
The S-IB-6 s t a g e a r r i v e d a t KSC from MAF a b o a r d t h e b a r g e
Palaemon. 3 3
A s p e c i a l s e m i - t o r o i d a l t a n k , f a b r i c a t e d by ME Lab a s a n
DECEMBER 19:
e x p e r i m e n t a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n , was d e l i v e r e d t o P&VE Lab f o r s t r u c t u r a l
34
testing
.
DECEMBER 20:
NASA announced a c o n t r a c t m o d i f i c a t i o n w i t h C h r y s l e r c o v e r -
i n g l o n g - l e a d - t i m e i t e m s f o r a d d i t i o n a l Uprated S a t u r n I b o o s t e r s
�(S-IB s t a g e s ) .
The $ 7 . 2 m i l l i o n supplemental agreement t o C h r y s l e r ' s
b a s i c c o n t r a c t a u t h o r i z e d t h e c o n t r a c t o r t o provide m a t e r i a l s , components and e n g i n e e r i n g s u p p o r t n e c e s s a r y t o m a i n t a i n i t s c a p a b i l i t y t o assemble f o u r S-IB s t a g e s a y e a r f o l l o w i n g completion of t h e 12
scheduled v e h i c l e s . 35
DECEMBER 20:
The l a s t of 1 3 t e s t f i r i n g s s i n c e J u l y 1 of t h e S-IVB
B a t t l e s h i p s t a g e a t MSFC was performed.
was 281.14 seconds.
F i r i n g time f o r t h i s t e s t
O f f i c i a l s noted achievement of a number of
major t e s t o b j e c t i v e s i n t h e six-month p e r i o d . 3 6
DECEMBER 21:
With a p p r o v a l from MSFC, S&ID p e r s o n n e l a t SSFL began t h e
S - I 1 B a t t l e s h i p m o d i f i c a t i o n s n e c e s s a r y t o p r e p a r e f o r a new s e r i e s
37
of s t a t i c - f i r i n g t e s t s .
-
Post-manufacturing checkout of S-IC-5 began i n t h e S t a g e T e s t . B u i l d i n g
a t MAF. 38
DECEMBER 22:
The countdown f o r t h e scheduled second f u l l - d u r a t i o n s t a t i c
t e s t of S-11-1 began a t MTF.
A t 1 0 p.m. a l l e n g i n e s s t a r t e d b u t
a u t o m a t i c c u t o f f came immediately.
1.5 seconds. 39
DECEMBER 23:
The u n s u c c e s s f u l t e s t l a s t e d
MSFC r e c e i v e d t h e N a t i o n a l S a f e t y C o u n c i l ' s Award of Honor
f o r having worked over 5 m i l l i o n man-hours w i t h o u t a d i s a b l i n g
40
i njury.
-
NASA had awarded General E l e c t r i c a c o n t r a c t e x t e n s i o n of $22.3
million t o continue i n i t s fourth year as general support contractor
f o r MTF.
The GE s u p p o r t c o n t r a c t a t MTF began i n June 1963.
new c o n t r a c t covered t h e p e r i o d November 1966 t o J u l y 1967.
41
The
�DECEMBER 27:
Boeing p e r s o n n e l a t MAF a p p l i e d power t o t h e S-IC-5 s t a g e
t o commence post-manufacturing checkout. 42
DECEMBER 28:
NASA announced m o d i f i c a t i o n of t h e Douglas S-IVB s t a g e
c o n t r a c t t o p r o v i d e long-lead-time hardware f o r a d d i t i o n a l S a t u r n I B
v e h i c l e s . The $6.3 m i l l i o n c o n t r a c t r e v i s i o n would extend through
June 1967.
The a c t i o n would permit MSFC t o o r d e r a d d i t i o n a l S-IVB
s t a g e s w i t h o u t d e l a y i f f u r t h e r v e h i c l e m i s s i o n s were a s s i g n e d a f t e r
t h e 12 v e h i c l e s c u r r e n t l y scheduled. 4 3
-
With S-IU-503 component assembly o p e r a t i o n s complete, I B M moved t h e
u n i t t o t h e checkout s t a n d f o r l e a k t e s t of t h e environmental
c o n t r o l system and t h e gaseous n i t r o g e n system. 44
DECEMBER 29:
Douglas t e c h n i c i a n s a t Huntington Beach completed h i g h
p r e s s u r e l e a k checks of t h e S-IVB-504 s t a g e and moved t h e s t a g e t o
a n o t h e r assembly tower f o r f i n a l i n s t a l l a t i o n s . 45
DECEMBER 30:
MSFC awarded Douglas A i r c r a f t Company a $300,000 nine-month
c o n t r a c t t o a n a l y z e t h e needs of an o r b i t a l s u p p o r t f a c i l i t y f o r
f u t u r e a s t r o n o m i c a l r e s e a r c h from s p a c e .
R e s u l t s of t h e s t u d y c o u l d
be used f o r s p a c e programs f o l l o w i n g t h e Apollo Telescope Mount (ATPI)
46
program.
-
S t a t u s of S-IC-6 s t a g e assembly a t MAF:
V e r t i c a l assembly was com-
p l e t e and t h e h a n d l i n g r i n g was undergoing t e s t i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r
s t a g e "lay-down" e a r l y i n 1967. 4 7
-
S-11-1 s t a g e underwent i t s second s u c c e s s f u l f u l l - d u r a t i o n a c c e p t a n c e
t e s t a t MTF, t h u s completing t h e a c c e p t a n c e t e s t program. 48
�IN DECEMBER: Wyle Laboratories, Huntsville, completed several tests in
the S-I1 Stage high-force test program.
Following completion of the
thrust complex first-axis lateral testing on November 30, Wyle
personnel completed second-axis lateral testing on December 6 and
third-axis testing December 21.
Vibration testing of the forward
skirt ended December 15.49
-
MSFC accepted beneficial occupancy of the S-IC Test Position B-2 at
MTF. GSE installation was nearly complete.50
�J A N U A R Y
1. Michoud Assembly F a c i l i t y , H i s t o r i c a l R e p o r t , J a n u a r y 1, 1966
December 3 1 , 1966, p. 42.
-
2 . North American A v i a t i o n , I n c . , Space and I n f o r m a t i o n Systems D i v i s i o n ,
S a t u r n S - I 1 S t a g e Monthly P r o g r e s s R e p o r t , J a n u a r y 1966, p. 2 .
3.
MSFC P u b l i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e , P r e s s R e l e a s e 65-307, December 1 7 , 1965.
4 . MSFC P r o p u s l i o n and V e h i c l e E n g i n e e r i n g L a b o r a t o r y , Monthly P r o g r e s s
R e p o r t f o r P e r i o d J a n u a r y 1, 1966, Through J a n u a r y 31, 1966, p. 6 .
5.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-1, J a n . 3 , 1966.
6.
PA0,'Press R e l e a s e 66-2, J a n . 4 , 1966.
7.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-3, J a n . 4 , 1966.
8. MSFC S a t u r n V Program O f f i c e , Q u a r t e r l y P r o g r e s s R e p o r t f o r J a n u a r y 1-March 31, 1966, p . 42.
9.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 8.
1 0 . MSFC T e s t L a b o r a t o r y , P r o g r e s s R e p o r t , December 1 2 , 1965--January 1 2 ,
1966, p. 25.
11.
H.
Memo, Davis E. Foxworthy, C h i e f , T e c h n i c a l S e r v i c e s O f f i c e , t o
H. Gorman, Deputy D i r e c t o r , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , s u b j . , "Flash R e p o r t , "
J a n . 1 4 , 1966.
12. Douglas A i r c r a f t Company, S a t u r n S-IVB Monthly T e c h n i c a l P r o g r e s s
R e p o r t , J a n u a r y 1966, p. 49.
13.
Ibid.,
pp. 49-50.
14.
NAA,
15.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-16, J a n . 1 3 , 1966.
16.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
17.
I b i d . , p. 8 .
18.
I b i d . , p. 22.
S - I 1 MPR, J a n . 1966, p. 45.
-
1 9 . PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-18, J a n . 1 4 , 1966.
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 8.
�January (Cont'd)
20.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J a n . 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
21.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
22.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J a n . 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
23.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
24.
Ibid.,
25.
I b i d . , p. 1 2 .
26.
T e s t L a b . MPR f o r J a n . 1 2
27.
Ibid.,
28.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
29.
Ibid.,
30.
I b i d . , p . 22.
31.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 2 3 , J a n . 2 0 , 1 9 6 6 .
32.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
33.
I b i d . , p. 1 3 .
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 18.
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1 - Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 0 .
p . 11.
-
Feb. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
p p . 26-27.
S a t V QPR, J a n . . l
-
Mar. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p . 38.
p. 10.
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 38.
3 4 . PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-24, J a n . 2 1 , 1 9 6 6 ; a n d Memo, D r . Wernher von
B r a u n , D i r e c t o r , MSFC, t o D i s t r i b u t i o n , s u b j . " P e r s o n n e l A p p o i n t m e n t s ,
P&VE L a b o r a t o r y , " J a n . 2 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
35.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r J a n . 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 .
36.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-25, J a n . 24, 1 9 6 6 .
37.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
38.
Ibid.,
39.
I b i d . , p. 8 .
40.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r J a n . 1 9 6 6 , p . 28.
41.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar..31,
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 3 .
1 9 6 6 , p . 11.
p. 22.
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
�January (Cont'd)
42.
Ibid.,
p . 39.
43.
I b i d . , p . 25.
44.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 2 7 , J a n . 2 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
45. NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J a n . 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 5 .
46.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
47.
Ibid.,
p. 19.
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p. 11.
�F E B R U A R Y
1.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 .
2.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
3.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-32, Feb. 3 , 1966.
4.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r F e b r u a r y 1 9 6 6 , p . 34.
5.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
-
Mar, 31. 1 9 6 6 , p. 36
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 2 .
7. Memo, B i l l H. S n e e d , C h i e f , S a t u r n V Program C o n t r o l O f f i c e , MSFC,
t o C h i e f , A p o l l o Program P l a n n i n g , NASA, s u b j . , " S a t u r n V Weekly R e p o r t
No. 5 7 , " Feb. 7 , 1966.
8.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r Feb. 1966, p . 34.
9.
M i s s i s s i p p i T e s t F a c i l i t y , H i s t o r y o f t h e Year 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 8.
10.
Sat.
11.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Feb. 1 9 6 6 , p . 35.
12.
Sat. V
13.
w.,p .
14.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-42, Feb. 1 7 , 1966.
15.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Feb. 12
16.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
17.
w.,p .
19.
T e s t Lab., MPR f o r Feb. 1 2
20.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR f o r Feb. 1 9 6 6 , p. 38.
21.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
22.
w.,p .
V Prog. Off.,
P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 38.
11.
-
Mar. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 25.
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p. 27.
23.
36.
-
Mar. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 26.
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p . 11.
�February (Cont'd)
23.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Feb. 1 2
-
Mar. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 6 .
2 4 . NASA S P - 4 0 0 7 , A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1966, Chronology on
S c i e n c e , T e c h n o l o p y , and P o l i c y , p . 67; and MSFC PAO, M a r s h a l l S t a r ,
Mar. 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
25.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Feb. 1 9 6 6 , pp. 1 & 35.
26.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
27.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Feb. 1 9 6 6 , p. 5 0 .
28.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r F e b . 1 2
29.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
30.
Ibid.,
p. 19.
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1 9 .
Mar. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1.
S a t . V QPR, J a n 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1 3 .
�M A R C H
1. MSFC M a n u f a c t u r i n g E n g i n e e r i n g Lab., ME L a b o r a t o r y H i s t o r i c a l
Q u a r t e r l y R e p o r t , J a n u a r y - March 1966 ( d r a f t ) .
2.
Ibid.
-
3.
MAF, H i s t . Rpt. 1966, p. 2 ,
4.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
5.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Feb. 12
6.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
7.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, Mar. 1966, p. 2.
8.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-49, Mar. 4 , 1966; and MAF, H i s t . Rpt. 1966,
-
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
- Mar.
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 2 3 .
1 2 , 1966, p. 25.
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 43.
p . 2.
-
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 1 6 .
10.
NAA,, S - I 1 MPR f o r Mar. 1966, p. 2 7 .
11.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1966, p. 88.
12.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR f o r Mar. 1966, p. 5 .
13.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
14.
MAF, H i s t . Rpt. 1966, p . 31.
S a t V QPR,Jan.
1
-
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
16.
P&VE Lab., MPR f o r Mar. 1966, p. 40.
17.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t V QPR,Jan.
18.
MAF, H i s t . Rpt. 1966, p. 61.
19.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
S a t V QPR,Jan.
Mar. 31, 1966, p . 18.
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 23.
1
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 38.
1
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 25.
21. MSFC Engine Program O f f i c e , Semiannual P r o g r e s s R e p o r t , F-1, H - 1 ,
5-2 and C - 1 E n g i n e s , J a n . 1, 1966 - June 30, 1966, p. 11.
�March ( C o n t ' d )
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p . 10.
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p . 12.
22.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
23.
NAA,
24.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Mar. 1966, p . 35.
25.
I b i d . , p. 58.
26.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
27.
T e s t Lab., MPR f o r Mar. 12
28.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
29.
DAC, S - I V B MTPR, Mar. 1966, p . 35.
30.
PAO, M a r s h a l l S t a r , Mar. 9 , 1966, p. LO.
31.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Mar. 1966, p. 49.
32.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
33.
T e s t Lab., MPR f o r Mar. 12
34.
I b i d . , p. 11.
S - I 1 MPR f o r Mar. 1966, p . 2.
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
-
Apr. 1 2 , 1966, p . 29.
-
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 23.
Mar. 31, 1966, p. 43.
Apr. 1 2 , 1966, p. 1.
35. MAF, H i s t . Rpt. 1966, p . 3; and NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s a n d . A e r o n a u t i c s ,
1966, p. 115.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1965, p . 114.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 31, 1966, p . 10.
I b i d . , p. 42.
Ibid
., p .
Ibid.,
16.
p. 42.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Mar. 1966, p. 50.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1 - Mar. 31, 1966, p . 44.
Ibid.,
p . 25.
�March ( C o n t ' d )
Ibid
., p .
25; a n d DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Mar. 1 9 6 6 , p. 37.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 23.
I b i d . , p. 1 3 .
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-69, Apr. 1, 1 9 6 6 .
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Mar. 1 2
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
Ibid.,
-
Apr. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 6 .
S a t . V QPR, J a n . 1
p. 10.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, Mar. 1 9 6 6 , p p . 1 2 & 1 6 .
-
Mar. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 8 .
�P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 6 8 , A p r . 1, 1 9 6 6 .
L.
l'liO,
2.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 6 9 , Apr. 1, 1 9 6 6 .
3.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
I.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, A p r . 1 9 6 6 , p. 1.
5.
T e s t Lab.,
6.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 7 1 , Apr. 4 , 1 9 6 6 .
7.
MTF, H i s t . o f Year 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 .
8.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 7 4 , Apr. 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
9.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Apr.
S a t V QPR, A p r . 1
MPR f o r Mar, 1 2
-
-
June 30, 1966, p . 28.
A p r . 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p.. 29.
1 9 6 6 , p. 4 6 .
Jan.
-
10.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . ,
11.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, A p r ,
12.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . ,
13.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Apr. 1 9 6 6 , p. 46.
14.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
15.
w.,p.
16.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Apr. 1 9 6 6 , p. 30.
17.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
18.
I b i d . , P. 1 2 .
19.
Ibid.,
p. 2 1 .
20.
Ibid.,
p. 41.
21.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
22.
Ibid.
Jan.
Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 .
1 9 6 6 , p. 30.
-
Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 .
S a t V QPR, Apr. 1
-
J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 4 0 .
21.
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
-
June 30, 1966, p. 10.
" S a t . V Wkly R p t . No. 6 7 , " Apr. 1 8 , 1966
�April (Cont'd)
23.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 7 9 , A p r . 1 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
24.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
25.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-83, Apr. 2 1 , 1966.
26.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, Apr. 1 9 6 6 , p. 1.
27.
Ibid.
28.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, Apr. 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 3 .
29.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
30.
ME L a b . ,
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
H i s t . Qtrly.
Rpt.,
Apr.
-
-
-
J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 1 .
June 30, 1966, p. 23.
June 1966, ( d r a f t ) .
3 1 . S a t . V F r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 6 ; a n d
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Mar. 1 2 - Apr. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 7 , a n d A p r . 1 2 - May 1 2 ,
1 9 6 6 , p. 4 .
32.
P&VE L a b , MPR f o r A p r . 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 4 .
33.
P&VE L a b , S u p p l e m e n t t o MPR f o r A p r . 1 9 6 6 , p. 9 .
3 4 . T e s t L a b , MPR f o r Mar. 12 - Apr. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 6 ; a n d Apr. 1 2
May 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 .
35.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
-
J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 31.
-
�1. xemo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
"Sat. V Wkly-Rpt. NO. 69,"May
-
2.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Apr. 1 2
3.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
4.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , pp. 165-166.
5.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Apr. 1 2
6.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e No. 66-92, May 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
7.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e So. 6 6 - 9 6 , May 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
8.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e No. 6 6 - 9 1 , May 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
9.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
-
May 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 .
May 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4.
S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1
-
10.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 9 5 , May 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
11.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
12.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 .
13.
ME L a b . ,
14.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA H q . ,
15.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
16.
Ibid
17.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 .
18.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 23.
19.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
20.
w.
21.
Ibid.,
22.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
23.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
.,
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
H i s t . Q t r l y . Rpt.,
2 , 1966.
Apr.
-
J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 40.
-
J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 9 .
J u n e 1966 ( d r a f t ) .
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 7 1 , " May 1 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
-
June 30, 1966, p. 12.
-
June 30, 1966, p. 14.
p. 12.
p..19;
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
a n d MTF, H i s t . o f Year 1 9 6 6 , p . 3.
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
-
J u n e 30,
1966, p. 27.
�May ( C o n t ' d )
-
June 30, 1966, p . 1 9 .
-
J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p p . 4 & 6 .
2%.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1
25.
I b i d . , p . 29.
26.
MTF, H i s t . o f Year 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
27.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 .
28.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1
29.
Ibid.,
30.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-119, May 2 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
31.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
32.
Ibid.,
33.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-122, May 2 7 , 1966.
34.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1
35.
Ibid.
-
36.
MTF, H i s t . o f Year 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
37.
I b i d . , p . 4.
38.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq., " S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 6 9 , " May 2 , 1 9 6 6 .
39.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r May 1 2
40.
Lbid.,
-
41.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
42.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
43.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 1 .
p . 19.
S a t V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 9 .
p . 14.
-
-
June 30, 1966, p . 19.
J u n e 1 2 : 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
pp. 3 & 4 .
S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1 - J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p . 31.
4 4 . NAA, S - I 1 MPR, May 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 ; and S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR,
Apr. 1 - J u n e 30, 1966, p . 18.
�1.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 40.
2.
I b i d . , p . 43.
3.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
4.
Ibid
5.
I b i d . , P. 11.
6.
PhVE L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 .
7.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
8.
I b i d . , p . 40.
9.
Ibid.,
.,
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 29.
P. 1 4 .
Sat.V QPR, A p r . 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
p . 6.
10.
NASA, A s t r o n u a t i c s a n d A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 213.
11.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 6 .
12.
I b i d . , p. 27.
13.
I b i d . , p. 14.
14.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 2 - J u l y 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
15.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 .
16.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 8 .
17.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
18.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 1 .
19.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA H q . ,
S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1 J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 3 .
" S a t . V Wkly. K p t . No. 7 7 , " J u n e 2 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
2 0 . MSFC A e r o - A s t r o d y n a m i c s L a b . , M o n t h l y P r o g r e s s R e p o r t , J u l y 7 , 1 9 6 6 ,
p. 4.
2 1 . . T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 2 - J u l y 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
22.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-138, J u n e 2 4 , 1 9 6 6 .
�June ( C o n t ' d )
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-139, J u n e 2 4 , 1 9 6 6 .
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 7 8 , " J u l y 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 0 .
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-141, J u n e 2 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
Ibid.,
-
S a t . V QPR, A p r . 1
-
J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
p , 54.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-142, J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1
-
June 30, 1966, p . 18.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u n e 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 3 .
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 2
-
J u l y 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1 0 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 30, 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 1 .
-.I b i d
9
p. 5 3 .
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
I b i d . , p.
Ibid., p.
I b i d ., p .
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 8 0 , " J u l y 1 8 , 1966
S a t . V QPR, Apr. 1 - J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 9 .
43.
41.
29.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 1 2
-
J u l y 1 2 , 1966, p. 4.
�1.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 0 .
2 . Memo, G . G . B u c k n e r , C h i e f , P u r c h a s i n g O f f i c e , t o H. H. Gorman,
Deputy D i r e c t o r , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , s u b j . , 'Weekly A c t i v i t y R e p o r t , " J u l y 1,
1966.
3.
Ibid.
4.
Ibid.
-
5 . S a t u r n V Program O f f i c e , S a t u r n V Semi-Annual P r o g r e s s R e p o r t , J u l y 1 December 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 1 .
6.
Ibid., p..36.
7.
SASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p. 233.
8.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u n e 12 - J u l y 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 8 .
9.
Ibid.
S a t . V S-APK, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 5 .
10.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
11.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e , 66-149, J u l y 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
1 2 . PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e , 66-151, J u l y 8 , 1 9 6 6 ; and Memo, von Braun t o
A d d r e s s e e s , s u b j . , "Creation of Experiments O f f i c e , " J u l y 7, 1966.
13.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e , 66-152, J u l y 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
14.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
15.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
16.
Memo, Buckner t o Gorman, s u b j . ,
17.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 0 .
18.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-156,
19.
Memo. Buckner
20.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 39.
21.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-158, J u l y 1 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 2 .
"Wkly.Act. R p t . , "
J u l y 8 , 1966.
J u l y 1 3 , 1966.
t o Gorman, s u b j . , 'Wkly. A c t . R p t . , "
J u l y 1 5 , 1966.
�J u l y (Cont'd)
22.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 5 ? > J u l y 1 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
23.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 9 .
24.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u l y 1 2
25.
DAC, S-IVB MTPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 3 .
26.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-162, J u l y 2 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
27.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 6 1 , J u l y 2 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
28.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 6 .
29.
I b i d . , p p . 36-37.
30.
I b i d . , p . 35.
31.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
32.
DAC, S-IVB
33.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 6 4 , J u l y 24, 1 9 6 6 .
34.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 9 .
35.
PAO, P r e s s S e l e a s e 66-167, J u l y 2 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
36.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-168, J u l y 2 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
-
Aug. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 .
MTPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 7 .
3 7 . S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p . 56;
a n d PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-173, J u l y 2 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
38.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 8 .
39.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 1 .
40.
Memo, Buckner t o Gorman, s u b j . ,
41.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
42.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r Aug. 1 9 6 6 , p . 40.
43.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
"Wkly. A c t . R p t . , " J u l y 2 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 37.
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 5 .
�J u l y (Cont Id)
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 2 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 35.
RAA, S - I 1 MPR, J u l y 1 9 6 6 , p . 9 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 37.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u l y 1 2
Birmingham P o s t - H e r a l d ,
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
Ibid.,
p. 3 1 .
I b i d . , p. 25.
-
Aug. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 8 .
J u l y 8, 1966, p. 5 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y I - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 6 .
�A U G U S T
1.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 7 4 , Aug. 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
2.
MAE, H i s t . R p t . , J a n . - Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 31.
3.
NAA,
4.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s a n d A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 257.
5.
A e r o L a b . , MPR, Aug. 9 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 .
6.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 8 1 , Aug. 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
7.
Sat.V P r o g . O f f . ,
8.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 9 .
9.
MTF, H i s t . o f Year 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 4 .
S - I 1 MPR, Aug. 1 9 6 6 , p . 9 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 1 .
10.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 7 4 .
11.
NAA,
12.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
13.
I b i d . , p. 26.
14.
I b i d . , p. 56.
15.
I b i d . , p . 26.
16.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . , J a n . - Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 .
S - I 1 MPR, Aug. 1 9 66, p . 30.
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 7 0 .
1 7 . T e l e t y p e , M e l v i n J o h n s o n , C h i e f , Program C o n t r o l O f f i c e , S a t u r n I / I B
P r o g r a m O f f i c e , MSFC, t o D i r e c t o r , A p o l l o Program C o n t r o l , NASA, s u b j . ,
" S a t u r n I B Weekly Notes 3 3 - 6 6 , " Aug. 1 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
18.
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r J u l y 12 - Aug. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1.
19.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 8 3 , Aug. 11, 1 9 6 6 .
20.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
21.
Ibid., p..35.
32.
I b i d . , p . 86
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 6
�August ( C o n t Id)
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 0 .
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 2 .
I b i d . , p p . 37-38
Hemo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 8 4 , " Aug. 1 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 4 .
I b i d . , p. 17.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 .
TWX, Johnson t o NASA H q . , " S a t .
I B Wkly. N o t e s 3 3 - 6 6 , " Aug. 1 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
Ibid.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 8 7 , Aug. 1 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 7 .
I b i d . , p. 31.
Ibid
.,
p. 12.
I b i d . , p . 72.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 1 8 9 , Aug. 1 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 9 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
Ibid.,
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 1 .
p . 39.
I b i d . , p p . 70 & 7 1 .
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p. 2 4 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 28.
Ibid
. Y
Pa 11.
I b i d . , p . 76.
�August ( C o n t ' d )
46.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
47.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 7 4 .
48.
P&VE L a b . , MPR f o r A u g u s t 1 9 6 6 , p . 8 .
49.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
50.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, A u s . 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 1 .
51.
Ibid.,
52.
T e s t Lab.,MPR
p.
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 8 6 , " Aug. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 6 .
23.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . ,
f o r Aug. 12
-
Sept. 12,'1966, p. 9.
J a n . - Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p. 31.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec, 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 6 .
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 4 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 4 3 .
I b i d . , p. 35.
I b i d . , p . 60.
I b i d . , p . 22.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, Aug. 1 9 6 6 , pp. 1 & 9 .
T e s t L a b . , MPR f o r Aug. 12
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
-
S e p t . 1 2 , 1966, p. 4.
" S a t . V Wkly. R p t . No. 8 5 , " Aug. 2 4 , 1966
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 5 6 6 , p . 5 6 .
�S E P T M B E R
1.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-196, S e p t . 1 , 1 9 6 6 .
2.
Memo, Buckner t o Gorman, "kly.
3.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA Hq,llSat. I B Wkly. N o t e s 3 6 - 6 6 , " S e p t . 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
4.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 30.
5.
Ibid.,
-
6.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
7.
I b i d . , p . 72.
8.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq., " S a t . I B Wkly. Notes 3 6 - 6 6 , " S e p t . 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
9.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-197, S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 6 .
10.
Act. R p t . , " S e p t . 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
p . 34.
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 6 .
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 6 6 - 2 0 0 , S e p t . 6 , 1 9 6 6 .
11. Memo, W. R. K u e r s , D i r e c t o r , ME L a b . , t o D. S . Akens, C h i e f ,
H i s t o r i c a l O f f i c e , MSFC, s u b j . , " H i s t o r i c a l D a t a , J u l y - September 1 9 6 6 , "
December 2 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 6 .
12.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
13.
DAC, S-IVR QTPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 0 .
14.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
15.
I b i d . , p . 31.
16.
TWX,
17.
Ibid.
18.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
19.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-210, S e p t . 1 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
20.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
21.
I b i d . , p. 48.
22.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA H q . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p p . 1 7 & 2 6 .
Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
"Sat.
I B Wkly. Notes 3 8 - 6 6 , ' ' S e p t . 1 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 71.
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 2 .
"Sat.
I B Wkly. Notes 3 9 - 6 6 , ' ' S e p t . 2 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
�September ( C o n t ' d )
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
MAF, H i s t . R p t . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
Jan.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
-
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1966, p . 8 1 .
Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 2 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y I
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 3 .
I b i d ., p . 25.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 .
I b i d . , p. 7.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA H q . ,
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
"Sat.
I B Wkly. Notes 40-66,''
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Oct. 3 , 1966.
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p p . 87-88.
I b i d . , p . 47.
NAA, S - I 1 MPR, S e p t . 1 9 6 6 , p . 26.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-223, S e p t . 2 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
Ibid
a ?
P o 36.
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 9 .
�O C T O B E R
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dee. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 28.
I b i d . , p . 42.
I b i d . , p. 6 .
I b i d . , p. 12.
I b i d . , p . 28.
I b i d . , p. 58.
I b i d . , p. 81.
TWX,
9.
J o h n s o n t o NASA H q . ,
"Sat.
I B Wkly. Notes 4 1 - 6 6 , " O c t . 1 0 , 1966.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-245, O c t . 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
10.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
11.
I b i d . , p . 36.
12.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA H q . ,
13.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
14.
I b i d . , p. 83.
15.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 9 .
16.
I b i d . , p . 30.
17.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
18.
NASA, A s t r o n a t u i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 321.
19.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
20.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-246, O c t . 11, 1 9 6 6 .
21.
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1 9 6 6 , p . IV-3.
22.
Ibid.,
p . 111-1.
"Sat.
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 60.
I B Wkly. Notes 4 2 - 6 6 , " O c t . 1 8 , 1 9 6 6 .
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 3 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 31, 1 9 6 6 . p . 1 4 .
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 5 .
�October (Cont'd)
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 7 .
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 3 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 2 5 .
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 325.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1 9 6 6 , pp.33 & 34.
The H u n t s v i l l e Times, O c t . 2 3 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 5 .
I b i d . , p. 25.
Ibid
. 7
P - 18.
NAP., S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1 9 6 6 , p . IV-4.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-258, O c t . 2 5 , 1966.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-261, O c t . 2 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 0 .
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 3 0 .
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 1 - 1 4 .
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
MAE, H i s t . R p t . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 8 .
J a n . - Dec. 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 .
NAA S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1 9 6 6 , p . IV-4.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
Aero. L a b . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 8 .
Bimonthly P r o g . R p t . Dec. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 3 .
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 5 .
�N O V E M B E R
1.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA Hq.,
2.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-264, Nov. 2 , 1 9 6 6 .
3.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
4.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA Hq.,
5.
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Q t r . 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 1 1 - 2 .
6.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
7.
Memo, Sneed t o NASA Hq.,
8.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
9.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-271, Nov. 1 0 , 1 9 6 6 .
" S a t . I B Wkly. N o t e s 4 4 - 6 6 , "
"Sat.
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1 8 .
I B Wkly. N o t e s 4 4 - 6 6 , "
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
"Sat.
-
V
Nov. 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
-
Nov. 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 74.
Wkly. R p t . No. 9 6 , " Nov. 1 5 , 1966.
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 5 8 .
10.
S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , pp. 7 & 1 5 .
11.
PAO, M a r s h a l l S t a r , Nov. 1 6 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 1 0 .
12.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
13.
Ibid.,
-
14.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA Hq.,
15.
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 1 1 - 2 .
16.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-276, Nov. 1 7 , 1 9 6 6 .
17.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
18.
TWX, J o h n s o n t o NASA H q . ,
19.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-278, Nov. 2 1 , 1966.
20.
S a t . V Prog. Off.,
21.
A e r o . L a b . , Bimonthly P r o g . R p t . ,
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 7 .
p . 30.
"Sat.
I B Wkly,Notes, 4 6 - 6 6 , "
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
"Sat.
-
Nov. 2 2 , 1 9 6 6 .
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 3 1 .
I B Wkly. N o t e s 47-66,"
Nov. 2 9 , 1 9 6 6 .
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 31, 1 9 6 6 , p. 3 0 .
Dec. 1 2 , 1 9 6 6 , p . 1 3 .
2 2 . S a t . V P r o g . O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Q t r . 1 9 6 6 , p . I V - 4 .
-
Dec. 3 1 , 1 9 6 6 , p. 7 ; and
�November (Cont'd)
Sat. V Prog. Off., Sat. V S-APR, July 1
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 18.
TWX, Johnson to NASA Hq., "Sat. IB Wkly. Notes 51-66,!' Dec. 27, 1966.
PAO, Press Release 66-281, Nov. 22, 1966.
PAO, Press Release 66-282, Nov. 23, 1966.
Sat. V Prog. Off., Sat. V S-APR, July 1 - Dec. 31, 1966, p p . 86-87.
Ibid., p . 30.
NASA, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966, p . 356.
PAO, Press Release 66-284, Nov. 28, 1966.
Sat. V Prog. Off., Sat. V S-APR, July 1
-
Dec. 31, 1966, p p . 44 & 46.
PAO, Press Release 66-288, Nov. 30, 1966.
TWX, Johnson to NASA Hq., "Sat. IB Wkly. Notes 48-66," Dec. 5, 1966.
Sat. V Prog. Off., Sat. V S-APR, July 1
-
Dec. 31, 1966, p p . 81 & 8 3 .
NASA, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966, p. 360-361.
�D E C E M B E R
-
1.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
2.
Ibid
3.
I b i d . , p . 39.
4.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-279, Nov. 22, 1966.
5.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
6.
I b i d . , p . 7.
7.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq., "Sat. I B Wkly. Notes 48-66," Dec. 5 , 1966.
8.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1966, p . 34.
9.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . , J a n .
- 9
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 31.
P . 34.
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
-
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 83.
Dec. 1966, p . 31.
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
-
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 60.
10.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
11.
PAO, M a r s h a l l S t a r , Dec. 7 , 1966, p . 7.
12.
TWX,
Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
"Sat.
13.
TWX,
Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
"Sat. I B Wkly. Notes 49-66," Dec. 1 3 , 1966.
14.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
15.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-292, Dec. 8 , 1966.
16.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
17.
Ibid
18.
I b i d . , p . 28.
19.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-294,
20.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
21.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1966, p . 33.
22.
NASA, A s t r o n a u t i c s and A e r o n a u t i c s , 1966, p . 373.
., p.
"Sat.
1 3 Wkly Notes 52-67," J a n . 3 , 1967.
I B Wkly. Notes 50-66," Dec. 30, 1966.
S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1 - Dec. 31, 1966, p . 5 9 .
15.
Dec. 1 3 , 1966.
"Sat.
I B Wkly. Notes 49-66,"
Dec. 1 3 , 1966.
�December ( C o n t ' d )
23.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
24.
Ibid.
25.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
26.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
27.
MAF, H i s t . Rpt.,
Jan.
-
"Sat. I B Wkly. Notes 50-66," Dec. 2 0 , 1966.
-
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 24.
"Sat. I B Wklp.Notes 50-66," Dec. 20, 1966.
Dec. 1966, p. 27.
2 8 . . I b i d . , p . 32.
29.
DAC, S-IVB QTPR, Dec. 1966, p . 30.
30.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
31.
NAA,
32.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
33.
TWX, Johnson t o NASA Hq.,
34.
Memo, Kuers t o Akens, " H i s t .
35.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-295, Dec. 20, 1966.
36.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
37.
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Q t r . 1966, p.VI-74.
38.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . , S a t . V S-APR, J u l y 1
39.
NAA, S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Q t r . 1966, p. 111-5.
40.
PAO, M a r s h a l l S t a r , J a n . 4 , 1967, p. 7 .
41.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-298, Dec. 2 3 , 1966.
42.
MAF, H i s t . R p t . , J a n .
43.
PAO, P r e s s R e l e a s e 66-301, Dec. 2 8 , 1966.
44.
S a t . V Prog. O f f . ,
45.
I b i d . , p . 59.
"Sat. I B Wkly. Notes 50-66," Dec. 2 0 , 1966.
S - I 1 QPR, 4 t h Qtr. 1966, p. 1-1.
Dec. 31, 1966, p . 9 0 .
"Sat. I B Wkly. Notes 50-66," Dec. 2 0 , 1966.
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Saturn V Collection
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Saturn V Collection
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<p>The Saturn V was a three-stage launch vehicle and the rocket that put man on the moon. (Detailed information about the Saturn V's three stages may be found<span> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/rocketpark/saturn_v_first_stage.html">here,<span> </span></a><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/rocketpark/saturn_v_second_stage.html">here,<span> </span></a>and<span> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/rocketpark/saturn_v_third_stage.html">here.</a>) Wernher von Braun led the Saturn V team, serving as chief architect for the rocket.</p>
<p>Perhaps the Saturn V’s greatest claim to fame is the Apollo Program, specifically Apollo 11. Several manned and unmanned missions that tested the rocket preceded the Apollo 11 launch. Apollo 11 was the United States’ ultimate victory in the space race with the Soviet Union; the spacecraft successfully landed on the moon, and its crew members were the first men in history to set foot on Earth’s rocky satellite.</p>
<p>A Saturn V rocket also put Skylab into orbit in 1973. A total of 15 Saturn Vs were built, but only 13 of those were used.</p>
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spc_stnv_000031
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1966 Chronology of Marshall Space Flight Center.
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This draft copy of the chronology includes a memorandum from Marshall Historian L. L. Jones of the Historical Office.
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Jones, L. L.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
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1967-01-01
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1960-1969
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Saturn Project (U.S.)
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
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Chronologies (list)
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Saturn V Collection
Box 20, Folder 14
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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spc_stnv_000027_000050