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a10-17_v_bw_o_n (McDonnell Douglas Corp PR photo, no. 69-65)

“MOON BOUND -- Apollo 10 spacecraft and lunar module move away from expended S-IVB stage and head for the distant moon. S-IVB, built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will fire for about five minutes to propel Apollo 10 out of parking orbit about the earth and into lunar trajectory at a velocity of approximately 24,200 m.p.h. (39,000 km.h.) The three Apollo 10 astronauts then will separate the command and service modules from the S-IVB and turn the spacecraft around to dock with the lunar module, attached to the forward end of the stage. Following separation of the three modules from the S-IVB, the depleted stage is scheduled to proceed past the moon and enter an orbit about the sun. As third stage of the giant Saturn V launch vehicle, the S-IVB fires first for about 2½-minutes, providing the final thrust to insert itself, the lunar module and spacecraft into parking orbit. Restart of the S-IVB follows orbital checkout of the stages and Apollo 10. McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company produces the S-IVB at its facility in Huntington Beach, California, and static fires the stage at its Sacramento, Test Center, Sacramento, California.”

 

Although the caption of this is 'personalized' to apply to Apollo 10, I believe it was used, and is applicable, to all of the lunar landing missions.

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Uploaded on December 4, 2018