a (S-IC-T)_v_c_o_AKP (MSFC photo, neg. no. 18750, 1-29-65)
“Hanging F-1 engine on S-IC Thrust Structure (fuel) in bldg. 4705.”
Fluffier, yet still absolutely useless description:
“Engineers and technicians at the Marshall Space Flight Center were installing an F-I engine on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage thrust structure in building 4705. The S-IC (first) stage used five F-1 engines that produced a total thrust of 7,500,000 pounds as each engine produced 1,500,000 pounds of thrust. The S-IC stage lifted the Saturn V vehicle and Apollo spacecraft from the launch pad.”
At least they have the image:
images.nasa.gov/details-6518750
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-6.htm
So, ‘consensus’ would seem to support this being S-IC-T, supposedly photographed on 29 January 1965…showing an F-1 engine being installed. If so, then why would it be seen/photographed being transported the very next month, without a single engine. And I’m pretty sure it was photographed while being transported to the S-IC static test stand, in preparation for its 9 April 1965 single-engine firing. If my aforementioned quandary can be resolved, it then begs the question of whether the S-IC-T was outfitted with a single engine, OR were all engines installed, but only one fired.
a (S-IC-T)_v_c_o_AKP (MSFC photo, neg. no. 18750, 1-29-65)
“Hanging F-1 engine on S-IC Thrust Structure (fuel) in bldg. 4705.”
Fluffier, yet still absolutely useless description:
“Engineers and technicians at the Marshall Space Flight Center were installing an F-I engine on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage thrust structure in building 4705. The S-IC (first) stage used five F-1 engines that produced a total thrust of 7,500,000 pounds as each engine produced 1,500,000 pounds of thrust. The S-IC stage lifted the Saturn V vehicle and Apollo spacecraft from the launch pad.”
At least they have the image:
images.nasa.gov/details-6518750
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-6.htm
So, ‘consensus’ would seem to support this being S-IC-T, supposedly photographed on 29 January 1965…showing an F-1 engine being installed. If so, then why would it be seen/photographed being transported the very next month, without a single engine. And I’m pretty sure it was photographed while being transported to the S-IC static test stand, in preparation for its 9 April 1965 single-engine firing. If my aforementioned quandary can be resolved, it then begs the question of whether the S-IC-T was outfitted with a single engine, OR were all engines installed, but only one fired.