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... :35 GET for 5 1/2 min. Second S-IVB burn, on schedule at 2:41 GET, injected spacecraft on translunar trajectory. CSM separated from S-IVB and Lunar Module LM Aquarius. Onboard TV ... of CSM/ Lunar Module LM from S-IVB /IU at 4:01 GET, S-IVB auxiliary propulsion system (APS) evasive maneuver, and spacecraft exterior and interior. First S-IVB APS burn, lasting 217 sets beginning at ...

... ( Saturn IVB S-IVB ) and instrument unit (IU), which reflected Saturn V configuration as nearly as possible. Two-stage Uprated Saturn I ( Saturn I-B ) launch vehicle boosted unmanned payload composed of Saturn IVB S-IVB stage, IU, and nose cone into 117-mi.-altitude circular orbit (88.21-min. period, 31.94ø inclination). Saturn IVB S-IVB engine burned once in earth's atmosphere and was shut down. Engine's ...

... . ''(Av Wk, 10/16/67, 19)'' For the Saturn V program NASA purchased nine Saturn IVB S-IVB stages from McDonnell Douglas Corp. for $146.5 million, fulfilling requirements for currently approved 15 ... . Purchase brought total Saturn IVB S-IVB contract for both vehicles to $957,182,093. McDonnell Douglas also received a $24-million, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract extension for Saturn IVB S-IVB launch services at ...

... test of three-stage Saturn V launch vehicle, first in-orbit restart of third ( Saturn IVB S-IVB ) stage, and first use of Launch Complex 39 and ground support equipment. Launch vehicle stages ... . Mueller , had been achieved in terms of "pre-set primary objectives." Heat shield design, Saturn IVB S-IVB restart, structural/thermal integrity, compatibility of launch vehicle and spacecraft, and ground support had been ...

... Command Service Module CSM , code-named Charlie Brown, separated from Saturn V 3rd stage ( SATURN IVB S-IVB ) and LM, code-named Snoopy. Crew successfully transposed Command Service Module CSM and docked with ... Module LM from SATURN IVB S-IVB and conducted 1st SPS burn. All launch vehicle safing activities were performed as scheduled and successful propellant dump provided impulse to SATURN IVB S-IVB for slingshot maneuver to ...

... 3rd stage ( SATURN IVB S-IVB ) and Lunar Module LM Eagle. Crew successfully transposed and docked with Lunar Module LM , ejected Command Service Module CSM / Lunar Module LM from SATURN IVB S-IVB , and conducted first SPS burn. Successful propellant dump provided impulse to SATURN IVB S-IVB for slingshot maneuver to earth-escape velocity. Translunar injection ...

... ) perigee. After postlaunch checkout Command Service Module CSM separated from Saturn V 3rd stage ( SATURN IVB S-IVB ) and Lunar Module LM , code-named Intrepid. Onboard TV initiated after separation clearly showed Command ... ejected Command Service Module CSM /M from SATURN IVB S-IVB and conducted first SPS burn for trans-lunar insertion. Slingshot maneuver placed SATURN IVB S-IVB into earth orbit with 515,549.4 - to 560 ...

... ) temperature control system's gaseous nitrogen bottle pressure and malfunction of S-IVB auxiliary propulsion system (APS) helium regulators, which caused continuous venting. CSM separation from Lunar Module LM /S-IVB/IU at 3:05 ... , second burn was not made and S-IVB lunar impact operations were terminated. Tracking of stage ended at 27:09 GET when IU signal was lost. S-IVB impacted lunar surface at 75:03 ...

... ( Saturn IVB SATURN IVB S-IVB ) and LM, code-named "Spider." Crew successfully transposed and docked with Lunar Module LM , and docked spacecraft was separated from 3rd stage with RCS burn. Two SATURN IVB S-IVB burns ... EST March 13, 241 hrs 53 secs after launch, within sight of recovery ship U.S.S. Guadalcanal. Crew was picked up by helicopter and flown to recovery ship within one hour ...

... when terminal countdown sequencer failed to command pressurization of S-IVB liquid-oxygen tank. Tank was pressurized manually, but failure to arm tank's pressurized interlock prevented continuation of launch events until interlock ... replacement, CSM/ Lunar Module LM combination was ejected from S-IVB stage at 4:45 GET. S-IVB lunar impact maneuver targeted stage to strike moon's surface Dec. 10. Midcourse correction (MCC-1) was ...

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