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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:

 

youtu.be/DKtVpvzUF1Y

Credit: Spacecraft Films/Mark Gray/YouTube

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