a_v_bw_o_AKP (James D. Phillips, hold-down arm)
“This massive steel casting supports the Saturn V space vehicle on the launcher and serves as a base for the release mechanism. Design of the casting by James D. Phillips (shown) won first prize in the 1965 steel casting design contest of the Steel Founders’ Society of America. Phillips is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration center [MSFC] at Huntsville, Ala.”
See also:
www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_US/apollo/lanceurs/h...
Credit: CAPCOM ESPACE website
See/read also:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/images/m287b.jpg
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/ch13-4.html
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760012107...
In operation during the launch of Apollo 11:
Credit: Spacecraft Films/Mark Gray/YouTube
a_v_bw_o_AKP (James D. Phillips, hold-down arm)
“This massive steel casting supports the Saturn V space vehicle on the launcher and serves as a base for the release mechanism. Design of the casting by James D. Phillips (shown) won first prize in the 1965 steel casting design contest of the Steel Founders’ Society of America. Phillips is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration center [MSFC] at Huntsville, Ala.”
See also:
www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_US/apollo/lanceurs/h...
Credit: CAPCOM ESPACE website
See/read also:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/images/m287b.jpg
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/ch13-4.html
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760012107...
In operation during the launch of Apollo 11:
Credit: Spacecraft Films/Mark Gray/YouTube