a_v_bw_o_n (1963, NASA-MSFC photo, verso stamped 3-2403-2)
“SATURN V TAIL - - The size of the 350-feet-tall Saturn V moon rocket is illustrated by this “soft” mockup of the thrust structure, or “business end,” of the S-IC stage nearing completion at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Ala. The booster, 33 feet in diameter and 138 feet long, will be powered by five F-1 engines developing 7.5 million pounds thrust to start the monstrous vehicle on its journey into space. Two mock engines are shown mounted beneath the thrust structure. The first booster is scheduled for ground test firing at the Marshall Center late in 1964. MSFC will build several ground test models plus the first flight model and the Boeing Company will produce future flight vehicles at MSFC’s Michoud Operations plant at New Orleans.”
A miracle, blind squirrel/found nut, play the lottery, transient phenomena, aberration:
“This photograph depicts Marshall Space Flight Center employees, James Reagin, machinist (top); Floyd McGinnis, machinist; and Ernest Davis, experimental test mechanic (foreground), working on a mock up of the S-IC thrust structure. The S-IC stage is the first stage, or booster, of the 364-foot long Saturn V rocket that ultimately took astronauts to the Moon. The S-IC stage, burned over 15 tons of propellant per second during its 2.5 minutes of operation to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed of about 6,000 miles per hour. The stage was 138 feet long and 33 feet in diameter. Operating at maximum power, all five of the engines produced 7,500,000 pounds of thrust.”
Image and the above at:
images.nasa.gov/details-0102336
I am really digging the flair(ing) of the black paint job on the engine fairing. Although not necessary when producing 7.5 million pounds thrust - which btw is insane TO THIS DAY - it does provide a more stylishly dynamic look.
Also at:
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-4.htm
Specifically, the image in color, at a surprisingly nice resolution:
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig149.jpg
With good discussion regarding this and other similar/the same(?) structures:
forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15446.0
Credit: NASA SpaceFlight.com website
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/park-visitors-walk-...
Credit: none merited
Finally…excellent, but sad. Unfortunately, not surprising:
www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/space-park.htm
Credit: “The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair” website. A wonderful & comprehensive source for all things ‘NYWF64’!
a_v_bw_o_n (1963, NASA-MSFC photo, verso stamped 3-2403-2)
“SATURN V TAIL - - The size of the 350-feet-tall Saturn V moon rocket is illustrated by this “soft” mockup of the thrust structure, or “business end,” of the S-IC stage nearing completion at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Ala. The booster, 33 feet in diameter and 138 feet long, will be powered by five F-1 engines developing 7.5 million pounds thrust to start the monstrous vehicle on its journey into space. Two mock engines are shown mounted beneath the thrust structure. The first booster is scheduled for ground test firing at the Marshall Center late in 1964. MSFC will build several ground test models plus the first flight model and the Boeing Company will produce future flight vehicles at MSFC’s Michoud Operations plant at New Orleans.”
A miracle, blind squirrel/found nut, play the lottery, transient phenomena, aberration:
“This photograph depicts Marshall Space Flight Center employees, James Reagin, machinist (top); Floyd McGinnis, machinist; and Ernest Davis, experimental test mechanic (foreground), working on a mock up of the S-IC thrust structure. The S-IC stage is the first stage, or booster, of the 364-foot long Saturn V rocket that ultimately took astronauts to the Moon. The S-IC stage, burned over 15 tons of propellant per second during its 2.5 minutes of operation to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed of about 6,000 miles per hour. The stage was 138 feet long and 33 feet in diameter. Operating at maximum power, all five of the engines produced 7,500,000 pounds of thrust.”
Image and the above at:
images.nasa.gov/details-0102336
I am really digging the flair(ing) of the black paint job on the engine fairing. Although not necessary when producing 7.5 million pounds thrust - which btw is insane TO THIS DAY - it does provide a more stylishly dynamic look.
Also at:
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-4.htm
Specifically, the image in color, at a surprisingly nice resolution:
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig149.jpg
With good discussion regarding this and other similar/the same(?) structures:
forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15446.0
Credit: NASA SpaceFlight.com website
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/park-visitors-walk-...
Credit: none merited
Finally…excellent, but sad. Unfortunately, not surprising:
www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/space-park.htm
Credit: “The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair” website. A wonderful & comprehensive source for all things ‘NYWF64’!