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... formal flight qualification tests of the uprated H-1 rocket engine for use in the Saturn IB space vehicle was announced jointly by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center , under whose technical direction ... by 10-watt Snap-19 generator. The spacecraft could be boosted by either Atlas-Centaur or Saturn IB Centaur with upper-stage assist from available solid rockets or from the Poodle, a low-thrust ...

... -95)'' Dr. George E. Mueller , NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, told group touring Saturn-Apollo industrial facilities at NASA Michoud Operations that astronauts on flight to the moon would ... Saturn IB/Centaur launch vehicle at Michoud tour and said that "there will be money to develop the booster in the FY "66 space agency budget." Dr. von Braun said he believed Saturn IB/Centaur would ...

... deputy manager of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 's Saturn OB Program Office, had been named program manager of the newly established Saturn IB /Centaur office, Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC announced. The office would manage the program definition and design phase of the three-stage Saturn IB /Centaur space vehicle system. ''( Marshall ...

... has been accumulated to make the move to a five-ton Voyager spacecraft on the Saturn IB Centaur launch vehicle a reasonable next step in the unmanned exploration of the solar system. There ... . Funds are also included for the development of a launch vehicle consisting of the Saturn IB plus the Centaur. Final decision as to whether to move ahead with the development of the Voyager ...

... , 54)'' Saturn V launch vehicle was under consideration by NASA for its Voyager program of unmanned planetary exploration, beginning with a 1971 Mars mission. NASA had considered developing a Saturn IB /Centaur launch vehicle, but the greater thrust of the three-stage 7.5-million-lb. thrust Saturn V would give more flexibility to planning early ...

... unmanned spacecraft could be launched to the sun by 1975 or 1980 with a modified Saturn IB /Centaur booster and that it could obtain information vital to space exploration and a better understanding ...

... of this mission, Centaur was first U.S. launch vehicle to qualify operationally an all-inertial guidance system for deep space application. ''(NASA Release 65-271)'' Potential of the Saturn IB was noted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: "The payload potential of the Saturn IB boosters now under production at Michoud seems to have ...

... had traveled more than 178,000,000 mi. ''(NASA Release 65-90)'' First Saturn IB booster, the S-IB-1, was placed into a static test stand at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ... design phase is being initiated by NASA this Fiscal Year for adaptation of the Centaur to the Saturn Is . The primary mission for this vehicle is the Voyager . Initial studies indicate this ... Centaur will be mounted, along with the Voyager , inside a fairing the size of the Saturn (260-inch diameter). By constructing this size fairing the technical problems associated with adaptation of the Centaur ...

... mission objectives had been met, including the demonstration of the structural integrity of the Atlas-Centaur during powered flight, testing of the guidance system which was flying closed loop for the first time, verification of the structural and thermal integrity of the Centaur nose fairing and insulation panels, and verification of the performance of the jettison systems for ... moon launch vehicle, as well as operating singly in the S-IVB stage of the Saturn IB . The test engine was operated initially for 165 sec. and shut down. Following a 75 ...

... 340 mi.; period, 108 min. ; and inclination, 30°. Although another six flights remained before the Centaur could be considered operational, this first successful flight of the high-energy liquid hydrogen- ... Saturn I . ''(LRC Release 63-95, Lewis Chronology, 12)'' NASA's J-2 liquid-hydrogen engine, designed to provide 200,000 lbs. of thrust for upper stages of the Saturn IB and Saturn V ...

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