sa06 (AS-101)/BP13_v_bw_o_n (KSC-64-10769)
“Apollo Spacecraft Leaving Hangar AF”
A great photograph of the BP-13/“CSM” stack departing Hangar AF to be mated with the SA-6/AS-101 launch vehicle at LC-37B.
Note the flush-mounted tubular appendage that spans the capsule/service module interface, immediately to the left of the scimitar antenna on the boilerplate.
There used to be an informative historical write-up of Hangar AF here:
afspacemuseum.org/facilities/industrial-area/
No longer. The dolts don’t have ANYTHING regarding it now. Reminiscent of NASA’s online historical buffoonery. And the following cursory historical information regarding it is lame.
However, there’s information aplenty regarding its use WRT SRB refurbishment, which I'm sorry, I don’t give a rat’s ass about. Ugh…more foundational history down the drain…yet AGAIN.
“C. PHYSICAL HISTORY
1. Date(s) of construction:
The Hangar AF Complex was built in three phases from the 1960s through the 1990s. The first phase of construction included construction of Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Facility in 1962. The facility was designed by Bail, Horton & Associates of Fort Myers, Florida, and used for staff headquarters and administrative support offices of the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets during the Apollo Program. The hangar site is located on Hangar Road in the CCAFS Industrial Area. This area includes almost two dozen hangars and other buildings, only four of which were used by NASA, with the rest belonging to the Air Force. Another of these NASA buildings is Hangar S, which is adjacent to Hangar AF. Hangar AF was designed to house 66,170 square feet of workspace with a reinforced concrete foundation and a concrete block and aluminum sheeting exterior.”
“3. Builder/Contractor/Supplier:
Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Building were built in 1962 by Douglass Aircraft Co., Boeing Aircraft Co., and Bendix Corporation, Inc. The 1977 site modifications were completed by Holloway Construction for $3,227,300.32 The contractors involved in the subsequent construction projects at Hangar AF are not known.
4. Original Plans and Construction:
Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Building were originally built in 1962 for NASA’s Apollo Program. According to technical reports, they were used for Saturn IB and Saturn V Staff Headquarters and Administrative Support Offices. The buildings’ site was a previously undeveloped corner of the CCAFS’s Industrial Area immediately southwest of Hangar S. The site was the Industrial Area’s closest access point to the Banana River, providing a place for ships to deliver Saturn rocket components. The site’s configuration included Hangar AF (called “Special Assembly Building AF” on the original drawings) and the High Pressure Gas Building, as well as a parking area, access roads, and a wood Sentry House that was later demolished.”
All above at/from:
tdglobal.ksc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/HAERhangAF.pdf...
Also:
“S-IB Stage Operations
The S-IB stage is transported by barge from Marshall Space Flight Center's Michoud plant to the Hangar AF at Kennedy Space Center. After a receiving inspection and pre-erection preparation, the stage is transported to the launch complex and erected on the launch pedestal where the following operations are performed:
1. Installation of Fins
2. Power-on Checks
3. Digital Data Acquisition Checks
4. Radio Frequency and Telemetry Checks
5. Electrical Networks Checks
6. Mechanical Systems Checks
7. RP-1 and Liquid Oxygen Loading Tests”
Above at/from:
commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2718&con...
Credit: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University website
richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5840
Credit: "RICHES" website
Credit: Wikipedia
sa06 (AS-101)/BP13_v_bw_o_n (KSC-64-10769)
“Apollo Spacecraft Leaving Hangar AF”
A great photograph of the BP-13/“CSM” stack departing Hangar AF to be mated with the SA-6/AS-101 launch vehicle at LC-37B.
Note the flush-mounted tubular appendage that spans the capsule/service module interface, immediately to the left of the scimitar antenna on the boilerplate.
There used to be an informative historical write-up of Hangar AF here:
afspacemuseum.org/facilities/industrial-area/
No longer. The dolts don’t have ANYTHING regarding it now. Reminiscent of NASA’s online historical buffoonery. And the following cursory historical information regarding it is lame.
However, there’s information aplenty regarding its use WRT SRB refurbishment, which I'm sorry, I don’t give a rat’s ass about. Ugh…more foundational history down the drain…yet AGAIN.
“C. PHYSICAL HISTORY
1. Date(s) of construction:
The Hangar AF Complex was built in three phases from the 1960s through the 1990s. The first phase of construction included construction of Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Facility in 1962. The facility was designed by Bail, Horton & Associates of Fort Myers, Florida, and used for staff headquarters and administrative support offices of the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets during the Apollo Program. The hangar site is located on Hangar Road in the CCAFS Industrial Area. This area includes almost two dozen hangars and other buildings, only four of which were used by NASA, with the rest belonging to the Air Force. Another of these NASA buildings is Hangar S, which is adjacent to Hangar AF. Hangar AF was designed to house 66,170 square feet of workspace with a reinforced concrete foundation and a concrete block and aluminum sheeting exterior.”
“3. Builder/Contractor/Supplier:
Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Building were built in 1962 by Douglass Aircraft Co., Boeing Aircraft Co., and Bendix Corporation, Inc. The 1977 site modifications were completed by Holloway Construction for $3,227,300.32 The contractors involved in the subsequent construction projects at Hangar AF are not known.
4. Original Plans and Construction:
Hangar AF and the High Pressure Gas Building were originally built in 1962 for NASA’s Apollo Program. According to technical reports, they were used for Saturn IB and Saturn V Staff Headquarters and Administrative Support Offices. The buildings’ site was a previously undeveloped corner of the CCAFS’s Industrial Area immediately southwest of Hangar S. The site was the Industrial Area’s closest access point to the Banana River, providing a place for ships to deliver Saturn rocket components. The site’s configuration included Hangar AF (called “Special Assembly Building AF” on the original drawings) and the High Pressure Gas Building, as well as a parking area, access roads, and a wood Sentry House that was later demolished.”
All above at/from:
tdglobal.ksc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/HAERhangAF.pdf...
Also:
“S-IB Stage Operations
The S-IB stage is transported by barge from Marshall Space Flight Center's Michoud plant to the Hangar AF at Kennedy Space Center. After a receiving inspection and pre-erection preparation, the stage is transported to the launch complex and erected on the launch pedestal where the following operations are performed:
1. Installation of Fins
2. Power-on Checks
3. Digital Data Acquisition Checks
4. Radio Frequency and Telemetry Checks
5. Electrical Networks Checks
6. Mechanical Systems Checks
7. RP-1 and Liquid Oxygen Loading Tests”
Above at/from:
commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2718&con...
Credit: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University website
richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5840
Credit: "RICHES" website
Credit: Wikipedia