a_v_bw_o_n (M-MS-G 48-61, JUN 24)
Artist's concept illustrates the modular Nova concept. From 1960 to 1962, the Marshall Space Flight Center considered the Nova launch vehicle as a means to achieve a manned lunar landing with a direct flight to the moon. Various configurations of the vehicle were examined. The last configuration was a five-stage vehicle using eight F-1 engines in the first stage. Although the program was canceled after NASA planners selected the lunar orbit rendezvous mode, the proposed F-1 engine would eventually be used in the Apollo Program to propel the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Note the extended landing gear sticking out from the base of the lunar lander “stage”.
a_v_bw_o_n (M-MS-G 48-61, JUN 24)
Artist's concept illustrates the modular Nova concept. From 1960 to 1962, the Marshall Space Flight Center considered the Nova launch vehicle as a means to achieve a manned lunar landing with a direct flight to the moon. Various configurations of the vehicle were examined. The last configuration was a five-stage vehicle using eight F-1 engines in the first stage. Although the program was canceled after NASA planners selected the lunar orbit rendezvous mode, the proposed F-1 engine would eventually be used in the Apollo Program to propel the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Note the extended landing gear sticking out from the base of the lunar lander “stage”.