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Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall performs at the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Monday, July 20, 2009 in Washington. Diana Krall talked about her love of space flight and showed off her temporary tattoo that honors Canadian Astronaut Bob Thirsk who is currently onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A nice, not to mention, rare view of CM-009 (in its shipping container), during transport to Cape Canaveral (Cape Kennedy at the time), in preparation for the launch of AS-201. According to what I’ve found, it officially ‘arrived’ at the Cape the following day, October 25. So, if the date of this photograph is correct, this is it being offloaded from what I’ve identified as a C-133, at I assume the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station skid strip.
Note the lighthearted banner on the shipping container, with the caption of “WELL, THE NOSE CONE FINALLY MADE IT!!!”. I’m curious as to the use of “finally”. No documentation I’ve come across refers to delays in shipment of SA-201 components, although the LES, Command Module & Service Module, in that order, did arrive separately. The SLA (its first use) and RCS quads also arrived prior to the SM.
See also:
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=667885919028276&set=pcb....
Credit: Mitchell Rothman/”NASA MANNED SPACE” Facebook group
Maybe the sequential arrival of components allowed for the interesting “topless” AS-201 photo I’ve linked to below. Interestingly, this is the only on-the-pad photo I’ve seen of a partial Saturn launch vehicle that is NOT surrounded by the service structure. And those usually featured a component or stage, being hoisted up for mating.
Sites used for my above comments:
Specifically, Figures 12.1-1 & 12.1-2. Terrible OCR; however, I’ll take what I can get:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19670074061/downloads/1967007...
www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/chrysler-corporation-space-...
Credit: “THIS DAY IN AVIATION” website
www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-as-201-test-flight/
And, this is pretty neat, like a bookend of sorts. The same capsule, post-flight, possibly at the same skid strip, being loaded onto…possibly the same C-133, I assume to be returned to the manufacturer, North American Aviation, for analysis & inspection. With possibly a stop at the Manned Spacecraft Center enroute? The aircraft is misidentified as a C-130 in the caption/description:
www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-military-airlift-command-c-13...
No credit cited/due/deserved.
Although the Pregnant Guppy was in service at this time, I’m ignorantly assuming it wasn’t used due to the ‘onsey’ nature of spacecraft components…being ready to ship…I guess…maybe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Finally, regarding the banner; although an interesting discussion thread, there's no mention/consideration of such banners WRT boilerplate capsules/unmanned Command Modules:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001889.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
The photo has a wonderful very fine satin sheen.
Hmm:
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-curse-of-th...
Credit: Smithsonian Magazine website
PictionID:53761100 - Catalog:14_031896 - Title:Apollo Program Details: Apollo Proposal; Mock Up with Space Man Date: 09/28/1961 - Filename:14_031896.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Apollo 14: Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell
Pima Air and Space Museum
NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL
APOLLO COMMAND MODULE (MOCKUP)
The Apollo command module is the NASA spacecraft that flew astronauts from the Earth to the Moon and back.
In 1961, NASA awarded the contract for the command module to then North American Aviation. It was a continuation of the "capsule" spacecraft design used in the Mercury and Gemini Programs. The Apollo command module was larger to accommodate three astronauts and used advanced computers and navigational equipment on the longer lunar flights. For most of the flight, the command module was attached to the service module which contained the propulsion, environmental, electrical, control and fuel systems.
Unlike the previous NASA spacecraft, the Apollo command module was built with a docking assembly and hatch so that it could dock with the lunar module. The lunar module would detach and land on the moon with two astronauts leaving the command module and its pilot in lunar orbit until their return.
Thirty-five command modules were built, with 15 of them being launched on manned space missions. These included eleven Apollo missions, three Skylab missions, and the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. The rest of the modules were used in various Earthbound tests or unmanned test flights.
This command module mockup was built by North American Rockwell for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite during their reporting of the Apollo missions. Made up of surplus command module panels, equipment, couches and other parts, it gave television viewers a visual of the interior of the spacecraft. During the Apollo missions, there was limited live and recorded footage for use by the networks. Mockups, models, graphics and other visual aids were important tools for reporters to help fill in the visual narrative of an Apollo mission.
The mockup was later used in the Ron Howard & Tom Hanks HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. In the miniseries, the mockup was used by Emmett Seaborn, a fictitious news anchor with the fictitious NTC network.
Technical Specifications (Command Module Without Service Module):
Length: 30 ft-10 in
Diameter: 10 ft-7 in
Interior 210 cubic feet
Weight: 12.251 Ibs. (without service module)
Crew: 3
NAA = North American Aviation
Downey, California
These photos were found online - not from my collection
PictionID:53809447 - Catalog:14_031016 - Title:Apollo Details: Apollo Mock Up; Interior View of Command Module Date: 05/08/1961 - Filename:14_031016.tif - - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Research on the largest and most famous rocket engine ever built began in 1953. A team of German scientists led by Dr. Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) developed the propulsion system needed to take America to the Moon from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Part of a three stage design, the Saturn V stood 363 feet tall on the launch pad. Comparatively, that's sixty feet taller than the Statue of Liberty, and one foot shorter than St Paul's Cathedral in London. Once assembled on the crawler, the Saturn V cleared the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) by only 6 feet when rolled out. Fully loaded, the rocket weighed in at 6.5 million pounds (3,000 metric tons) and contained over 3 million different parts.
These five first-stage (S-1C) engines were built by Boeing. Each is 138 feet tall, 33 feet in diameter, and provided over 7.64 million pounds of thrust to get the Saturn V through the first 36 miles of ascent - enough energy to light up all of New York City for 75 minutes. They are arranged in a cross pattern; the center engine being fixed while the four outer engines could be hydraulically gimbaled to control the rocket.
This Saturn V is one of the largest of the official National Historic Landmarks in the United States; it has been on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center since June 1969. This is the most complete of the three remaining rockets; the other two are located in the Johnson Space Center and the Kennedy Space Center.
Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall gives an introduction prior to her performance at the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Monday, July 20, 2009 in Washington. Ms. Krall's piano was staged right next to the Apollo 11 Command Capsule. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A water-level view of recovery operations for the Apollo 13 mission in the South Pacific Ocean. The three crewmen have egressed their spacecraft, and are awaiting the arrival of the approaching helicopter, seen deploying the "Billy Pugh" net, which will hoist them up once stationed above their position. The crewmembers (from the left) are astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; (only partially visible between Haise and the Command Module (CM)), and James A. Lovell Jr., commander. The U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) swimmer (Lieutenant Jonathan Smart) will assist the Astronaut's into the net. Apollo 13 splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, in the South Pacific, about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship.
Catalog #: Casson_0009
Title: Apollo Lunar Capsule
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 8/24/1966
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
CSM-017, SLA-8 (LTA-10R contained within?) and the S-II second stage (I assume) of Apollo 4 (AS-501) awaiting mating/stacking.
Photo is dated incorrectly. Correct date is February 1967.
Wow:
2.bp.blogspot.com/-yvXxbWoRYNM/WgiXAXvihoI/AAAAAAAAGZw/3o...
Credit: SpaceRubble website
www.ninfinger.org/models/vault/saturn%20v%20detail%20phot...
Excellent information regarding the flight at:
www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4009/v4p2f.htm
And:
Apollo 14: Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell
To simulate the reentry of the capsule in the earth's atmosphere, the Apollo12 capsule was displayed at an angle and the heat shield was illuminated with a red light. The raw file was processed in AfterShot Pro 2.
Pima Air and Space Museum
NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL
APOLLO COMMAND MODULE (MOCKUP)
The Apollo command module is the NASA spacecraft that flew astronauts from the Earth to the Moon and back.
In 1961, NASA awarded the contract for the command module to then North American Aviation. It was a continuation of the "capsule" spacecraft design used in the Mercury and Gemini Programs. The Apollo command module was larger to accommodate three astronauts and used advanced computers and navigational equipment on the longer lunar flights. For most of the flight, the command module was attached to the service module which contained the propulsion, environmental, electrical, control and fuel systems.
Unlike the previous NASA spacecraft, the Apollo command module was built with a docking assembly and hatch so that it could dock with the lunar module. The lunar module would detach and land on the moon with two astronauts leaving the command module and its pilot in lunar orbit until their return.
Thirty-five command modules were built, with 15 of them being launched on manned space missions. These included eleven Apollo missions, three Skylab missions, and the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. The rest of the modules were used in various Earthbound tests or unmanned test flights.
This command module mockup was built by North American Rockwell for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite during their reporting of the Apollo missions. Made up of surplus command module panels, equipment, couches and other parts, it gave television viewers a visual of the interior of the spacecraft. During the Apollo missions, there was limited live and recorded footage for use by the networks. Mockups, models, graphics and other visual aids were important tools for reporters to help fill in the visual narrative of an Apollo mission.
The mockup was later used in the Ron Howard & Tom Hanks HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. In the miniseries, the mockup was used by Emmett Seaborn, a fictitious news anchor with the fictitious NTC network.
Technical Specifications (Command Module Without Service Module):
Length: 30 ft-10 in
Diameter: 10 ft-7 in
Interior 210 cubic feet
Weight: 12.251 Ibs. (without service module)
Crew: 3
PictionID:53812796 - Catalog:14_031234 - Title:GD/Astronautics Models Details: Space Craft Model-Lunar Landing Date: 10/06/1961 - Filename:14_031234.tif - - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Catalog #: Casson_0008
Title: Loading Apollo Command Module onto the Pregnant Guppy. Spacecraft has completed all of it’s mission testing, certified, and signed off by Norm, soon to be in the air on it’s way to the cape.
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 8/24/1966
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Replica of the command module from Apollo 8. USS Yorktown participated in the recovery of this historic Apollo mission.
USS Yorktown/Patriot's Point September 10th, 2012
-Image from the SDASM Curatorial Collection.Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
An excellent view from Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM) Aquarius, looking across Command Module (CM) Odyssey's hatch during trans-earth coast. The "RESCUE" arrow below the window, across the hatch is legible, pointing to where "Tool B" would be inserted, and I assume turned, in order to permit emergency ingress/egress from outside the capsule. Also note the various hand-rails/holds protruding from the capsule and the two round RCS pitch control thruster nozzles near the base. The knob-like protrusion near the corner of the window is a purge port.
See also:
tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/data_a70/AS13/processed/AS13-62-894...
Credit: Arizona State University website, 'To The Moon" gallery
PictionID:53761072 - Catalog:14_031894 - Title:Apollo Program Details: Apollo Proposal; Mock Up with Space Man Date: 09/28/1961 - Filename:14_031894.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia" carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic voyage to the Moon and back on July 16-24, 1969. This mission culminated in the First Manned Lunar Landing Mission and the first human steps on another world.
The Apollo 11 spacecraft had three parts: the Command Module, the Service Module, and the Lunar Module "Eagle". While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the Moon in "Eagle", Michael Collins remained alone in "Columbia". For 28 hours he served as a communications link and photographed the lunar surface. After reclaiming Armstrong and Aldrin from the ascent stage of the Lunar Module, "Columbia" was the only part of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
The blunt-end design for the Command Module was chosen to build upon experience gained with the similarly shaped Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. The spacecraft reentered the atmosphere with its protective heat shield facing forward. Layers of special "ablative" material on the shield were purposely allowed to burn away during reentry to help dissipate the extremely high temperatures caused by atmospheric friction.
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world and is a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics. Established along the National Mall on July 1, 1976, the museum was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum as four simple marble-encased cubes containing the smaller and more theatrical exhibits, connected by three spacious steel-and-glass atrium which house the larger exhibits such as missiles, airplanes and spacecraft.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Interior view of the 2TV-1 Command Module, ca. 1968. The Apollo 2TV-1 "mission" involved the crew of Joe Kerwin, Vance Brand, and Joe Engle staying in the CSM test spacecraft (2TV-1) for 177 hours while the spacecraft was in a large vacuum chamber in Houston. A similar test (LTA-8) was run on the LM, with James Irwin and John Bull. The purpose of the tests was to verify the spacecraft were capable of operating in the vacuum of space, under the temperatures and lighting conditions that would be experienced during an Apollo space flight. The circular overhead docking hatch/tunnel access is visible. The two blue objects are protective coverings over the hand controllers.
Credit: collectSPACE website, member "tr", at:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000742.html
Also:
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740012430...
Excellent summation of the purpose and pertinent specifics of the 2TV-1 "spacecraft/mission":
www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/roundups/issues/68-06-21.pdf
And multiple excellent photos here:
archive.org/search.php?query=2TV-1
This Apollo capsule took Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon and brought them back to Earth safely.
The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia" carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic voyage to the Moon and back on July 16-24, 1969. This mission culminated in the First Manned Lunar Landing Mission and the first human steps on another world.
The Apollo 11 spacecraft had three parts: the Command Module, the Service Module, and the Lunar Module "Eagle". While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the Moon in "Eagle", Michael Collins remained alone in "Columbia". For 28 hours he served as a communications link and photographed the lunar surface. After reclaiming Armstrong and Aldrin from the ascent stage of the Lunar Module, "Columbia" was the only part of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
The blunt-end design for the Command Module was chosen to build upon experience gained with the similarly shaped Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. The spacecraft reentered the atmosphere with its protective heat shield facing forward. Layers of special "ablative" material on the shield were purposely allowed to burn away during reentry to help dissipate the extremely high temperatures caused by atmospheric friction.
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world and is a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics. Established along the National Mall on July 1, 1976, the museum was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum as four simple marble-encased cubes containing the smaller and more theatrical exhibits, connected by three spacious steel-and-glass atrium which house the larger exhibits such as missiles, airplanes and spacecraft.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
The cover of the booklet for one of my old TI99/4A games.
One of the more fun of the TI electronic 'board-games'.
A triple view shows the command module being rotated so that the blunt heat-shield turns toward the Earth.
Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon
by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965
Catalog #: Casson_0007
Title: No Caption
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 8/24/1966
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Three giant parachutes lower the Apollo capsule gently to the safety of Earth.
Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon
by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965
Catalog #: Casson_0002
Title: Apollo Command Module in transport with via Pregnant Guppy
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 8/24/1966
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
High-angle view of the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) stack and mobile launch tower atop a crawler-transporter leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bays on the way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39.
And, as always, excellent reading/info at:
www.drewexmachina.com/2018/04/04/apollo-6-the-saturn-v-th...
Credit: Drew Ex Machina website/Andrew LePage
Taken at the London Science Museum, here's what NASA says -
"This spacecraft was the second Apollo mission to orbit the Moon, and the first to travel to the Moon with the full Apollo spacecraft, consisting of the Command and Service Module (CSM-106, "Charlie Brown") and the Lunar Module (LM-4, "Snoopy"). The spacecraft mass of 28,834 kg is the mass of the CSM including propellants and expendables. The LM mass including propellants was 13,941 kg. The primary objectives of the mission were to demonstrate crew, space vehicle, and mission support facilities during a manned lunar mission and to evaluate LM performance in cislunar and lunar environment. The mission was a full "dry run" for the Apollo 11 mission, in which all operations except the actual lunar landing were performed. The flight carried a three man crew: Commander Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module (CM) Pilot John W. Young, and Lunar Module (LM) Pilot Eugene A. Cernan.
After launch, the spacecraft was inserted into a 189.9 km x 184.4 km Earth parking orbit at 17:00:54 UT, followed by translunar injection after 1 1/2 orbits at 19:28:21 UT. The CSM separated from the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) at 19:51:42 UT, transposed, and docked with the LM at 20:06:37. After a three day cruise, Apollo 10 entered an initial 315.5 km x 110.4 km lunar orbit on 21 May 1969 at 20:44:54 UT, using a 356 sec. SPS burn. A second SPS burn lasting 19.3 seconds circularized the orbit to 113.9 km x 109.1 km.
On 22 May Stafford and Cernan entered the LM and fired the SM reaction control thrusters to separate the LM from the CSM at 19:36:17 UT. The LM was put into an orbit to allow low altitude passes over the lunar surface, the closest approach bringing it to within 14 km of the Moon. All systems on the LM were tested during the separation including communications, propulsion, attitude control, and radar. Numerous close-up photographs of the Moon's surface, in particular the planned Apollo landing sites, were taken. The LM descent stage was jettisoned into lunar orbit. The LM and CSM rendezvous and redocking occurred 8 hours after separation at 03:22 UT on 23 May.
Later on May 23 the LM ascent stage was jettisoned into solar orbit, and on 24 May at 10:25:29 UT after 31 lunar orbits the CSM rockets fired for trans-earth injection. CM-SM separation took place on 26 May at 16:22:26 UT and Apollo 10 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on 26 May 1969 at 16:52:23 UT (12:52:23 p.m. EDT) after a mission elapsed time of 192 hrs, 3 mins, 23 secs. The splashdown point was 15 deg 2 min S, 164 deg 39 min W, 400 miles east of American Samoa and 5.5 km (3.4 mi) from the recovery ship USS Princeton.
All systems on both spacecraft functioned nominally, the only exception being an anomaly in the automatic abort guidance system aboard the LM. In addition to extensive photography of the lunar surface from both the LM and CSM, television images were taken and transmitted to Earth. The Apollo 10 Command Module "Charlie Brown" is on display at the Science Museum, London, England.
The Apollo program included a large number of uncrewed test missions and 12 crewed missions: three Earth orbiting missions (Apollo 7, 9 and Apollo-Soyuz), two lunar orbiting missions (Apollo 8 and 10), a lunar swingby (Apollo 13), and six Moon landing missions (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17). Two astronauts from each of these six missions walked on the Moon (Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Gene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt), the only humans to have set foot on another solar system body. Total funding for the Apollo program was approximately $20,443,600,000."
Catalog #: Casson_0001
Title: Apollo Command Module
Photo Credit: North American Aviation Inc., Space and Information Systems Division, Photographic Department
Year: 7/17/1964
Collection: Norm Casson Collection
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive