Saturn V testing
Here is the Saturn V S-IC-5 (first) flight stage being hoisted into the S-IC-B1 test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility (MTF) in 1967. The stage was then installed into the 124-meter-high test stand for static firing tests before shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for final assembly of the Saturn V vehicle. The MTF was renamed to the National Space Technology Laboratory (NSTL) in 1974 and later to the Stennis Space Center (SSC) in May 1988. #saturnv #nasa #boneyardsafa
Super Guppy!!!
Who loves the Supper Guppy, built to accomplish a need, and help put humans on the moon. No computers, just a slide rule, and lots of testing! #superguppy #nasa #saturnv #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
More wind tunnel testing
More wind tunnel test at NASA, researchers set up instrumentation on a 0.037- scale model of a Saturn booster in the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the NASA Lewis Research Center. In October 1960 Lewis researchers John Allen and Robert Wasko began a 14-month investigation of the eight-engine booster’s base heating in the tunnel. The model resembled the Saturn C-1, but only the afterbody totally mimicked the C-1. #saturnv #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #spacesaf
To the moon!
#otd The third Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-503) for the Apollo 8 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center...
Saturn Launch
#otd October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program...
AS-202 Launch
#otd AS-202, the second Saturn IB launch vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 25, 1966. Primary mission objectives...
And we have liftoff of Apollo 12
#otd Apollo 12 launched from the Cape, here is a view from the tower as the candles were lit, 14 November 1969. #apollo12 #saturnv #nasa...
View of Earth from Apollo 4
#otd The first test flight of the Saturn V lifted off from the Cape, a camera mounted in the command module of the uncrewed Apollo 4 took...
Burn to the moon on Apollo 11
#otd in 1969, Apollo 11 is headed to the moon and here is a look at docking with the LM which was still attached to the 3rd stage of the...
Apollo 11 Ignition
And we have ignition of Apollo 11 #otd in 1969. #lightthatcandle #apollo11 #saturnv #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
