a08-17_v_bw_o_n (McDonnell Douglas Corp PR photo, verso stamped B812-12-2)
“NEXT STOP: THE MOON -- McDonnell Douglas S-IVB rocket moments before its J-2 rocket engine ignites to propel the Apollo spacecraft out of its parking orbit about the earth, on toward the moon. S-IVB, the third stage of Saturn V launch vehicle, is built by McDonnell Douglas at Huntington Beach, California, facility of its McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center.”
It actually looks a little like the SA-500F...with the color scheme at the base of the service module.
One of the many stunning (and in my world, iconic) works by Gary Meyer.
a08-17_v_bw_o_n (McDonnell Douglas Corp PR photo, verso stamped B812-12-2)
“NEXT STOP: THE MOON -- McDonnell Douglas S-IVB rocket moments before its J-2 rocket engine ignites to propel the Apollo spacecraft out of its parking orbit about the earth, on toward the moon. S-IVB, the third stage of Saturn V launch vehicle, is built by McDonnell Douglas at Huntington Beach, California, facility of its McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center.”
It actually looks a little like the SA-500F...with the color scheme at the base of the service module.
One of the many stunning (and in my world, iconic) works by Gary Meyer.