saXX_v_bw_o_n (hand annotated, 59X2234-20, Saturn I booster simulator assembly)

A/the(?) Saturn I ‘booster simulator’ being transported from the Manufacturing Engineering Division (building no. 4705), circa 1959.

 

The same(?)/similar simulator, circa 1961, loaded aboard the barge “Palaemon” at MSFC:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig044.jpg

 

Unloaded at Cape Canaveral.

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig045.jpg

 

Associated text with the preceding photos:

 

“On April 17 the Palaemon began its first trial run to Cape Canaveral. The barge carried a water-ballasted tank simulating the size and weight of the S-I booster, plus a dummy S-V stage for the SA-1. The barge reached Cape Canaveral on April 30. After rehearsing movement of the booster along roads at the Cape, the simulator was reloaded aboard the Palaemon. The dummy S-V stage remained at the Cape. On May 3 the barge began its return trip, arriving at the Redstone Arsenal dock May 15.”

 

Extracted from the “Saturn Illustrated Chronology - Part 2: January 1961 through December 1961”, at:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-2.htm

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