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Image source: Jenna Sharp
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108-KSC-68PC-16
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108-KSC-67PC-15
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Missile & Space Systems Division
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Orbital Workshop
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Moonshot
NAR-C584B
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Image source: Drew Granston
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This undated cutaway drawing illustrates the Saturn IB launch vehicle with its two booster stages, the S-IB and S-IVB. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC’s “building block” approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IB utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine the larger boosters and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the marned lunar missions.
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Apollo CSM
Apollo 9 Storyboard
Launch Day
Top Left: Flight Crew Preparation
Top Right: Orbital Insertion
Middle Left: 103 N. Mile Orbit
Middle Right: Separation
Bottom Left: Docking
Bottom Right: Docked SPS Burn
Second Day
Top Left: Landmark Tracking
Top Right: Pitch Maneuver
Bottom Left: Yaw-Roll Maneuver
Bottom Right: High Apogee Orbits
Third Day
Left: Crew Transfer
Right: LM System Evaluation
Fourth Day
Top Left: Camera
Top Right: Day-Night EVA
Bottom Left: Golden Slippers
Bottom Right: TV – Texas, Florida
Fifth Day
Top Left: Vehicles Undocked
Top Right: Burns For Rendezvous
Middle Left: Maximum Separation
Middle Right: APS Burn
Bottom Left: Formation Flying And Docking
Bottom Right: LM Jettison Ascent Burn
Sixth Thru Ninth Days
Left: Service Propulsion Burns
Right: Landmark Sightings, Photograph Special Tests
Tenth Day
Top Left: CM/SM Separation
Top Right: Re-Entry
Image credit: NASA JSC
Images: NASA Images
Snoopy & Charlie Brown
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S71-39481
S71-39481 (July 1971) — An artist’s concept showing TRW’s small lunar subsatellite being ejected into lunar orbit from the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Service Module. The 80-pound satellite will remain in orbit a year or more, carrying scientific experiments to study space in the vicinity of the moon. The satellite carries three experiments: S-Band Transponder; Particle Shadows/Boundary Layer Experiment; and Subsatellite Magnetometer Experiment. The subsatellite is housed in a container resembling a rural mailbox, and when deployed is spring-ejected out-of-plane at 4 fps with a spin rate of 140 rpm. After the satellite booms are deployed, the spin rate is stabilized at about 12 rpm. The subsatellite is 31 inches long and has a 14 inch hexagonal diameter. The exact weight is 78.5 pounds. The folded booms deploy to a length of five feet. Subsatellite electrical power is supplied by a solar cell array outputting 25 watts for dayside operation and a rechargeable silver-cadmium battery for nightside passes.
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