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... Thomas V. Chambers - Interviewed by Kevin M. Rusnak''' '''Huntsville, Texas – 20 January 2000''' '''Rusnak:''' Today is January ... the prime contractor didn't have responsibility over the guidance and control. From where I sat, it had its pros and cons. There's an immediate kind of division. The prime ...

... - mo study defining two-stage derivative of Saturn V launch vehicle. With 1st ''(S-IC)'' and 3rd ''( S-IVB )'' stages and instrument unit of Sat­urn V, vehicle could place up to 158,000 ... synchronous orbits and unmanned lunar and planetary flights at major savings over three-stage Saturn V. Two-stage version was called "Intermediate 20." With Centaur 3rd stage, ve­hicle could send ... Div. for continued production support of J-2 engines used on Saturn IB and Saturn V boosters. Modifications would improve engines' versatility. ''(MSFC Releases 68-264, 68-266)'' NAS-NRC Space ...

... , NASA Deputy Administrator, announced elimination of lunar module ''(LM)'' operations from first manned Apollo/ Saturn V flight, Apollo 8 . MSF would begin planning and training for alternate, low-earth-orbit, manned ... were evalu­ated. LM 3, delayed in checkout, would be flown in 1969 on fourth Sat­urn V with CSM 104 since preliminary studies had indicated many Apollo objectives scheduled for later flights ...

... than March 21 in second unmanned test flight of command and service modules on Sat­urn V. First Saturn V had been launched successfully Nov. 9, 1967. Ten-hour, earth-orbital mission would include ...

... mate with Sat­urn lB launch vehicle. In Apollo Saturn 503 project, radar lock-on problem in Lunar Module 3 ascent and descent stages' rendezvous radar subsystem was being isolated. Saturn V launch ...

... contract for engineering support services for H-1 rocket engine H-1 engines to power Sat­urn IB 1st stage. Contract covered period of July 1967 through June 1971. ''(MSFC Release 68 ...

... module ''(CSM)'', Apollo 8 CSM would undergo combined systems tests at KSC early in week. Sat­urn 503 had been erected on mobile launcher. ''(Text)'' USAF announced actions to reduce FY 1969 ...

... of functionality over the past two decades represent the enabling technologies that make small sats and especially cube sats now not only possible but economically attainable for many projects. Miniaturization of ... ; (iii) typically use VHF frequencies; (iv) use of off the shelf components wherever possible; (v) no extensive pre-launch testing program; and (vi) use of “piggy-back” launch operation, ...

... the jobs of the people in the control center as well as the people who sat at the consoles, and they had to. '''Butler:''' I bet they knew the spacecraft pretty ... launch, not too far before launch, I remember he came down at the console and sat down beside me and started asking me these detailed questions about rendezvous. And I was ... , a couple interesting glitches that eventually did get worked out. '''Bostick:''' Yes. Well, the Saturn V was a pretty enormous vehicle. Of course, with the FDO being concerned about the launch ...

... office. One Friday afternoon walks in Lew Evans, the president of the company, and he sat down and he said, “If you want these people trained to do the job the ... landing. You know, there were incentives on the mission. For a successful launch, the Saturn V guys were given an award, won an incentive award. For pushing the LM to the ... simulate docking, the ones where you simulate descent, the one where you simulate ascent. Nobody sat in for them. They came up there and participated in those tests. It was difficult ...

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