APOLLO LAUNCH VEHICLE

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A SUMMARY OF THE APOLLO LAUNCH VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPILED BY APOLLO TEST PLANNING, CODE MAT, APOLLO PROGRAM
OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. IT IS PRESENTED IN FOUR SECTIONS:

SECTION 1

OVERALL LAUNCH VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A LUNAR FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM B TOTAL FY 1964 FUNDING

SECTION 2

SATURN I DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A S-l STAGE DEVELOPMENT

B S-IV STAGE DEVELOPMENT

C MANPOWER & FUNDING

D ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1963 AND 1964

SECTION 3

SATURN IB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A S-IB STAGE DEVELOPMENT B S-IVB STAGE DEVELOPMENT C MANPOWER 8 FUNDING
D ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1963 AND 1964

SECTION 4

SATURN V DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A S-IC STAGE DEVELOPMENT

B S-I1 STAGE DEVELOPMENT

C S-IVB STAGE DEVELOPMENT

D MANPOWER & FUNDING E ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1963 AND 1964

LAUNCH VEHICLES
FEET
J

350

300
I

S-IV B

250

200
SPACECRAFT

s-ll
150

SPACECRAFT
INSTRUMENT UNIT

s-IV

INSTRUMENT UNIT

S-IV B

s-l

100

50

SATURN I
22,500 LBS (100 N.M. ORBIT)

SATURN I B
32,500 LBS (105 N.M. ORBIT)

SATURN V
90,000 LBS (ESCAPE)

FUNDING DISTRIBILITIOIY
F V 1964
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LAUNCH VEHICLES

SPACECRAFT

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T V P E S OF MAJOR GROUND T E S T S
T Y P E S OF T E S T S T A G E S O B J E C T I V E S OF T E S T

BATTLESHIP

HEAVY WEIGHT STAGE TANK USED FOR PROPULSION SYSTEM TESTS

ALL-SYSTEMS

FLIGHT HARDWARE AND LAUNCH TYPE GSE USED FOR QUALIFICATION OF ALL STAGE SYSTEMS

SATURN I PROGRAM PLAN

GROUND DEVELOPMENT TEST
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 196511966

II

FLIGHT TEST
FLIGHT SA-1 SA-2 SA-3 SA-4 SA-5 SA-6 SA-7 LAUNCH :OMPLE>( 34 34 34 34 378 378 378 378 378 378

1961 1

SA-9

SA-a
SA-10

0 Fab, C/O,Test, Del.

?2@.$

KSC Operations

+ Launch

1963
TYPE OF TEST STRUCTURAL ALL SYSTEMS DYNAMIC LOCATION MSFC MSFC MSFC

1964

1965

1966 #

FABRICATION 8t C / O FOR FLIGHT TESTS

STAGE
~

FLIGHT SA-6 SA-7 SA-9 SA-a SA-10

S-1-6

S-1-7
S-1-9
S-1-8
s-1-10

.....

E l Fab, Assembly, C/O

I

EngineDelivery

Static Test Launch

iiijiiii KSC Operations

SATURN I

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MAJOR MILESTONES

962
I

1963

964

TURBO PUMP, THRUST CHAMBER 8, INJ. QUAL. (188K) COMPONENT QUAL. (188K)

1965

1966

ENGINE SYSTEM TESTS

3000

ENGINE SYSTEM

2000

TEST FIRINGS

1000

0
SATURN I S-I STAGE

11

.-

GROUND T E S T PRtOGRAM
TYPE OF TEST

LOCATION

1965

1966

SANTA MONICA STRUCTURAL HUNT. BEACt

BATTLESHIP SACRAMENTO
ALL SYSTEMS 5ACRAMENTO

DY NAMlC

MSFC

* FAILURE TERMINATED TESTING

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

FABRICATION & C/O FOR FLIGHT T E S T S

STAGE s-IV-6 FLIGHT
SA-6

s-IV-7

SA-7

s-IV-9

SA-9

S-IV-8

SA-8

s-IV-10

SA-10

0 Assembly,C/O Fab,
A
Engine Delivery

StaticTest

::*.A

.......

KSC Operations

Launch

SATURN I
. k

**

+ a

RL-10 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT

MILESTONES MILESTONE

DEL. 1 s t GTE (A-1)

DEL. 1 s t GTE (A-3)

JULY 1960

JULY 1962 OCT 1961 JUNE 1962 SCHEDULED-SEPT 1964

PFRT (A-1)
P F R T (A-3) QUAL.

TECHNICAL HISTORY (DEC 1,1963) TOTAL FIRINGS TOTAL FIRING TIME 4,907 6 3 4 , 2 4 2 SECONDS

.
SATURN I S-IV STAGE

13

CENTER COMPARTMENT

FIN IV

3
.
TMENT Ill INSTRUMENT & TELEMETRY PACKAGE

PACKAGE

APOLLO SPACECRAFT INTERFACE

COMPARTME NT II

COMPARTMENT I ACTIVE GUIDANCE PACKAGE

FIN IV

SATURN I
?C

14
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
UNIT FLIGHT

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

PRESSURIZED

5-7

PRESSURIZED ?,8 & SUBS

NON

FABRICATION & C / O FOR FLIGHT TESTS

UNIT FLIGHT SA-6 SA-7 SA-9 SA-0 SA-10

IU-6 IU-7 IU-9 IU-8 IU-10

....

I Z I Fob, Assembly, C/O iiiiiiii! KSC Operations

. .-...+ ....... ......

4 Launch

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15

- 200 1 180 160 140 120 100

188.7
VEHICLE SUPPORT 28.3 IU 11.5

OTHER 4.4

900

820.1
OTHER 43.9 VEHICLE SUPPORT 96.4 IU 57.1 ENGINE 66.8 s-IV 2 51.7

- 800

ENGINE 6.9

- 700
- 600

s-IV 78.4

80 60 40 20 -

- 500
- 400

74.2
SUPPORT

OTHER

- 300
s-l 304.2

s- I

IU 2.2 30.2
v - 1
I&..

- 200
I

59.2 FY 64

100

FY 65

TOTAL THRU FY 66

4000

S - l STAGE (CHRYSLER)
3000

S - l V STAGE (DAC)

2000

1000

FY 62

63

64

65

FY 62

1-1

63

64

65
SATURN I

ACTUAL

PLANNED

ESTIMATED

17

COMPLETIQN O F BLOCK I S A T U R N VEHICLE FLIGHT TESTS

4 4 ,

LAUNCH DATE OCTOBER 27,1961 PERFORMANCE OF PROPULSION SYSTEM, VERY SATISFACTORY PROPELLANT SLOSHING FULLY EVALUATED NO SERIOUS DESIGN DEFICIENCIES

I
3i

LAUNCH DATE APRIL 25,1962 LAUNCH AND FLIGHT TEST SUCCESSFUL PROJECT HIGHWATER, 22,900 GALS. OF H2O RELEASED INTO IONOSPHERE

18

COMPLETION O F FIRST B L O C K II D E V E L O P M E N T FLIIGHT SA-5

P R I M A R Y OBJECTIVES

L / V PROPULSION STRUCTURAL AND CONTROL DEMONSTRATION

FIRST LIVE T E S T OF S-IV STAGE

FIRST FLIGHT T E S T OF INSTRUMENT UNIT

S-1 / S - l V SEPARATION DEMONSTRATION (SINGLE PLANE)

19

COMPLETION OF S-IV BAllLESHIP TESTS COMPLETION OF FIRST CONTRACTOR PRODUCED S-l STAGE CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 3350 H-1 ENGINE FIRINGS F R 225,000 SECONDS DURATION O
DELIVERED 45 H-1 ENGINES F R R&D AND MANNED FLIGHTS O

COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 3800 RL-10 ENGINE FIRINGS F R 535,000SECONDS DURATION O

COMPLETE 3 ADDITIONAL SATURN I FLIGHTS A TWO S / C LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT FLIGHTS

B ONE EARTH ORBITAL MICROMETEORITE EXPERIMENT

COMPLETIONOF ALL GROUND TESTS COMPLETE FABRICATIONOF ALL FLIGHT HARDWARE

SATURN I

SATURN IB

J-2 ENGINE ROCKETDYNE/ NOTH AMERICAN AVIATION (MAY,1960)

GUIDANCE IBM (OCT, 1963) BENDIX (AUG 1963)

S-IVB STAGE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT

H-1 ENGINE ROCKETDYN / E NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (SEPT, 1958)

SATURN IB PROGRAM PLAN

DESIGN & ENGINEERING

GROUND C EVELOPMENT TEST

T I

S-IVB

FLIGHT TEST
FLIGHT 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 34 378 34 378 34 378 34

0 Fab, Assembly, C/O Del.

KSC Operations

Launch

23

TYPE OF TEST

LOCATION
MSFC

STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC FACILITIES C/O

MSFC AMR-VLF 34 VLF 378

FABRICATION & C/O FOR FLIGHT TESTS

STAGE S-IB-l 5-18-2 5-18-3 5-18-4 S-IB-5 5-18-6 S-IB-7 5-18-8 FLIGHT
2 01

202
203

204 205 206

207

208

LLlLl Fab,
0

Assen >ly,C/O

W Static Test E%;: A

KSC Operations

4 Launch

SATURN IE

24

H-1 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

(200 K THRUST)

TURBO PUMP QUAL. (200K THRUST CHAMBER QUAL. COMPONENT QUAL. ENGINE QUAL.

4500 4000

3500 3000 ENGINE SYSTEM TEST FIRINGS

rr-

ENGINE S Y S T E M TESTS

1500
1000

500

STAGE

ENGINE FLIGHT DELIVERY SCHEDULE

S-IB-1
S-IB-2 S-IB-3 5-18-4 S-IB-5 S-IB-6 5-18-7 S-IB-8

44 '1
SATURN IB S i 6 S T A G E

25

GROUND TEST PROGRAM

FACILITY COMST,
GSE

ENG. DEL

0 Fab, Assembly, C/O

SATURN I E

WA

Test

26

FABRICATION & DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT TEST

STAGE

S-lVB/lB-1 S-IVB/IB-2 S-IVB/I 8-3 S-IVB/IB-4 S-IV B / IB- 5 S-IVB/IB-6 S-IVB/IB-7 S-WB/I 8-8

0 Fab, Assembly, C/O V Static Test %S: Operations & KSC

Launch

MAJOR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION

FACILITY LOCATION SUPPORTING REQS

ACCEPT TEST BETA 1

STAND MODlFlSACRAMENTO GSE

1
A

r
1
**

27

SATURN I 6 S-IV BfiE STAGE

J-2 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MILESTONE
1st DURATION

THRUST FIRING (250 SEC) PFRT FRT QUAL.

ENGINE S Y S T E M TESTS
8oo
600

IT

ENGINE SYSTEM

TEST FIRINGS

FLIGHT DELIVERY SCHEDULE

STAGE S-IVB-1 S-IV 8-2 S-IVB-3 S-IVB-4 S-IVB-5 S-IVB-6 S-IVB-7 S-IVB-8

s-IV B/IE

SATURN IB STAGE

. ) I

28

G R O U N D T E S T PROGRAM
TYPE OF TEST
STRUCTURAL VIBRATION DYNAMlC FACILITIES C/O FACILITIES C/O LOCATION

MSFC
MSFC MSFC
L/C 3 4 L/C 378

FABRICATION & DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT T E S T

UNIT FLIGHT 2 01 202 203 204 205 206 207 208

s- Iu-201

s- IU- 202
s-IU-203

s- Iu-20 4
s-IU-205 S-IU- 206 s-IU- 2 0 7 S-IU-208

1
:.:.:.:.:. 4

0Fab,Assernbly, C/O Del. ...... KSCOperations ....... ............ .....

Test

29

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.:...:.:.:.:...2

.....

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+ Launch

SATURN I 6

FUNDING
280 240 200 160 120 80 40

(MILLIONS)
25 =8 . 6 r
35.7

OTHER

70 .
VEHICLE SUPPORT

17.1 057
OTHER

1200 1000

2 . f ENGINES 34
GSE

161 2.
VEHICLE EUPPORT

38.2
,

170 7. 7. 01

800
ENGINES

- 4

VEHICLE 1 . ,'SUPPORT 48
16s7

IU

GSE 7 . 91

30.4
S-IVB

600

106.0
S-IVB

--ENGINES
GSE 1 . 54 IU 1 . 28

1. 29

5. 15

400

212 4.
S-IB

S-IVB

3. 01
S-I B

7. 24
m

S-IB

200

4. 60
I

276.2
TOTAL THROUGH FY 69 (EQUIVALENT DIRECT)

M64
3000

FY 65

CONTRACTOR MANPOWER

2000

1000

FY 64

FY 65

FY 66 ESTIMATED 31

FY 64

FY 65

FY 66

PLANNED

SATURN I 6

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INITIATE FABRICATION OF ALL MAJOR GROUND TEST STAGES COMPLETE OVER 75% OF VEHICLE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING COMPLETED 500 SECOND J-2 ENGINE DURATIONTEST COMPLETED 401 J-2 ENGINE FIRINGS F R 14,270 SECONDS DURATION O

COMPLETE VEHICLE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING COMPLETE 50% OF GROUND TEST PROGRAM A STRUCTURAL TESTS COMPLETED ON BOTH STAGES
B BATTLESHIP TEST COMPLETED ON S-IV B STAGE

FABRICATION OF ALL GROUND TEST STAGES NEARING COMPLETION COMPLETE FABRICATION OF SATURN 201 FLIGHT TEST S-IB STAGE FABRICATIONOF SATURN 201 FLIGHT TEST S-IVB STAGE 75% COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPONENT QUALIFICATION OF 200K H-1 ENGINE COMPLETE PFRT ON J-2 ENGINE
DELIVER J-2 ENGINES F R FLIGHTS 201 AND 202 O

SATURN I E

SATURN V-

GUIDANCE ,___IcL IBM (OCT, 1963) BENDIX (AUG, 1963) J-2ENGlNE ROCKETDYNE/ NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (SEPT,1960)

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--SIC

S-1 S-IVB STAGE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT (DEC, 1961)

S-ll STAGE
NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (FEB, 1962)

J-2ENGlNE ROCKETDYNE/ NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (MAY, 1960)

STAGE BOEING (FEB, 1962)

/ F-1 ENGINE

ROCKETDYNE/ NOTH AMERICAN AVIATION (JAN, 1959 )

34

SATURN V PROGRAM PLAN

DESIGN & ENGINEERING

G R O U N D DEVELOPMENT TEST

NT
FLIGHT 50 1 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 LAUNCH E 0MPLEX 378 378 378 378 378 378 378 378 378 378

FLIGHT TEST

GROUND T E S T PROGRAM

FACILITIES

c/o

vLF39

0 Fab,Assembly,C/O

Test

FABRICATION A N D DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT TEST

STAGE s-IC-1 s-IC-2 s-IC-3 s-IC-4 s-IC-5 S-IC-6 s-IC-7 S-IC-8 s-IC-9 s-IC-10 FLIGHT

501
502 503 504

505
506 507 508 509

510

0 Fob, Assembly, C/O

Acceptance Test

FACILITY

SUPPORTLOCATION ING REQS.

HYDROSTATIC MICHOUD CONST. TEST & CLEANING

.
L

VERTICAL ASS E BLY M STATIC TEST (POSITION 1) STATIC TEST (POSITION 2)

MICHOUD CONST. MTF MTF

GSE
GSE

SATURN V S-IC STAGE

37

F-1 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MAJOR MILE MILESTONE

1963

1964

1965
.

1966
_..

FIRST FULLTHRUST DURATION FIRING

FRT
QUAL.

A -~~

1200 1 1000 800 ENGINE SYSTEM TEST FIRINGS 600 400 200
0

ENGINE S Y S T E M T E S T S
$' *

TEST STAND LOCATION

ID
IC

M A J O R FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
TEST

EDWARDS ACCEPT EDWARDS ACCEPT EDWARDS ACCEPT MSFC DEV.

IE

F L I G H T DELIVERY SCHEDULE
STAGE s-IC-1 s-IC-2 s-IC-3 s-IC-4 s-IC-5 S-IC-6 s-IC-7 S-IC-8 s-IC-9 S-IC-10
SATURN V

FLIGHT

501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510
S-ICSTAGE

38

GROUND T E S T PROGRAM
119621196311964119651196611967
TYPE OF TEST STRUCT
SEAL BEACH
I I I I I I I I I I I I I

SUPPORTING REQS.

ALL SYSTEMS

1
I

SANTA SUSANA

I
I II I I II I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 A lI I I

DYNAMIC

MSFC

0Fab,Assembly,C/O
SATURN V

Test

40

FABRICATION A N D DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT TEST

STAGE FLIGHT

s-11-1 s-11-2

501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508

509

s-11-3
s-11-4

s-11-5
S-11-6

s-11-7
S-11-8
s-11-9

s-11-10

50 1

I b, Assem bly,C/O ........ Acceptance Test Fa iiiiiiii KSC Operations

FACILITY

MAJOR F AC I l l TY C 0 NST R U C TI 0 N
LOCATION SUPPORTING REQS. SEAL BEACH CONST. GSE CONST. GSE CONST. GSE

VAB AND HYDROSTATIC TEST STATICTEST STAND ##1

*

MTF MTF

STATIC TEST STAND ##2

SATURN V S-ll STAGE

41

J-2 ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

1963
DEL. 1st FLT. ENG.

1964
Lh

1965

1966

1967

PFRT QUAL

&A
~.

-~ -

Ah

ENGINE S Y S T E M TESTS
1800

1600

1400 1200 1000

ENGINE SYSTEM TEST FIRINGS

800 600

FLIGHT DELIVERY SCHEDULE

STAGE s-11-1 s-11-2
s-11-3

r$1
42

FLIGHT 5 01 502 503 504 505

506

s-11-4
s-11-5

5-11-6
s-11-7 S-11-8 5-11-9
s-11-10

507 508 509

510

SATURN V S - I I S T A G E
c

G'ROUND TEST PROGRAM

I1962 I1963 I1964
TYPE OF TEST

1965

1966

1967
5 01 I
I

I
U STRUCTURAL -I NTINGTO N BEACH
SACTO BETA-1 SACTO BETA-3

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I I I

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3
4
L
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* BATTLESHIP
*ALL SYSTEMS

8 I

I I I I I

.
I I

* DYNAMIC * FACILITIES
c/o

MSFC
__

A M VLF 39

. %%%
I I

8 8

I I

I 8
I 8 I I

W Test &

* ModifiedS-lVB/lB Ground Test Stages

SATURN V

44

FABRICATION & DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT TEST

FLIGHT 501 502
#

STAGE S-IVB-1 S-IVB-2 S-IVB-3 S-IVB-4 S-IVB-5 S-IVB-6 S-IVB-7 S-IVB-8 S-IVB-9 S-IVB-10

503 504 505 506 507

508

509 510

0 Fab, Assembly, C/O

A

Static Test iiiiiii KSC Operations

.......

Launch

FLIGHT
1 50

STAGE S-IVB-1 S-IVB-2 S-IVB-3 S-IVB-4 S-IVB-5 S-IVB-6 S-IVB-7 S-IVB - 8 S-IVB-9 S- IVB-10

J-2 ENGINE DELIVERY SCHEDULE

502 5 03 504 505 506 507 508 509 510

45

SATURN V S - l V m STAGE

INSTRUMENT UNIT

ICAL POWER EQUIPM

L GUIDANCE COMPUTER

ED PLATFORM SYSTEM
RING SUPPLY

. FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTER

SATURN V
4%, c

..: *

46

G R O U N D TEST PROGRAM 1963 I 1 9 6 4 11965 1966 I 1967 I 1 9 6 8

1

TYPE OF TEST
1

LOCATION MSFC MSFC MSFC MSFC MSFC MSFC

VIBRATION STRUCTURAL BREADBOARD DYNAMIC FLIGHT SYSTEMS FAClLIT1ES

c/o

FABRICATION A N D DELIVERY FOR FLIGHT TESTS

FLIGHT

501 502
503 5 04

505
506

... ...
1

507

D Fa b, Assem bly, C/O

Checkout iiiiiiii KSC Operations

4 Launch
SATURNV

47

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l L

. ........

J *

IU

FUNDING
loo0 900 800 700
600

(MILLIONS)
973*9
VEHICLE SUPPORl 120.7 ENGINES 113.4 GSE 75.7 84.7 S-IVB 123.4
s-ll

r In I
OTHER

-5

5 6 09 .1
271.7 .-OTHER VEHICLE SUPPORT 7 3 4.7 ENGINES 627.7 3SE289.9 IU 367.9 S-IVB 768.3
s-I1

- 4

tu

- 3

500 400 300 200

100

- 2

1,012.8

159.4 s-IC 235.4 FY 64 s-IC 1,487.9 - 1

0 FY 65

TOTAL THRU RUNOUT (EQUIVALENT DIRECT)

7000
6000

CO NT R A CTO R M A NPOW E R
S-IC BOEING
S - l l NAA

S-IVB D A C

5000 4000 3000 2000

1000
0

FY64

FY65

FY66

FY64 ESTIMATED

FY65

FY66

FY64

FY65

FY66

PLANNED

49

SATURN V

OOMPLETE OVER 7 5 % OFVEHICLE DESIGN & ENGINEERING INITIATE FABRICATIONOF GROUNDTEST STAGES COMPLETED S-IC FUELTANK COMPLETION OF S-IC Y RING FIRSTMAJOR COMPONENT MANUFACTUREDAT MICHOUD FIRST F-1 ENGINE DELIVERED INITIATED FIRST F-1 ENGINE TESTS ATMSFC COMPLETED OVER 80%0F CONSTRUCTION OF F-1 ENGINE TESTSTANDS AT EDWARDS CONSTRUCTIONOF DYNAMICTESTTOWER CONSTRUCTION OF S-ll STAGE TEST STAND BEGUN SEAL BEACH FACILITY OPERATIONAL COMPLETED OVER 200 F-1 ENGINE SYSTEM FIRINGS COMPLETED 600 J-2 ENGINE FIRINGS

COMPLETEVEHICLE DESIGN & ENGINEERING

I

INITIATE MAJORGROUNDTESTS ON ALL STAGES COMPLETE F-1 ENGINE PFRT INITIATE FABRICATION O STAGES F R FLIGHT 501 F O

SATURN V

50