a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (NAA publicity photo, 092167, A-118)
“APOLLO COMES HOME--Traveling at almost 25,000 miles an hour, the Apollo 4 spacecraft command module heatshield ablator is confronted with searing temperatures of about 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the anticipated speed and temperature expected on return from a lunar mission. Inside of command module, where astronauts will ride in future missions from the moon, will be no more than 80 degrees at its hottest. Spacecraft command and service modules are produced by North American’s Space Division, Downey, Calif., for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston.”
Note the 'vertical' orientation of the negative pitch thrusters, this being the Block I design of the Command Module.
Beautiful work by Henry Lozano Jr.
a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (NAA publicity photo, 092167, A-118)
“APOLLO COMES HOME--Traveling at almost 25,000 miles an hour, the Apollo 4 spacecraft command module heatshield ablator is confronted with searing temperatures of about 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the anticipated speed and temperature expected on return from a lunar mission. Inside of command module, where astronauts will ride in future missions from the moon, will be no more than 80 degrees at its hottest. Spacecraft command and service modules are produced by North American’s Space Division, Downey, Calif., for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston.”
Note the 'vertical' orientation of the negative pitch thrusters, this being the Block I design of the Command Module.
Beautiful work by Henry Lozano Jr.