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this sixth quarterly film report to the

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National Aeronautics and Space

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Administration covers progress during

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October November and December 1960 on

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project Saturn under developmental

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supervision of NASA's George C Marshall

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Space Flight Center at Huntsville

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Alabama shown here in a one-tenth scale

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model the Saturn vehicle is designed for

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use in orbiting payloads in excess of 10

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tonnes launching Mars and Venus probes

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affecting soft landings on the moon and

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injecting man satellites and space

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stations into orbit a major milestone in

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the Saturn program was approached during

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this report period with virtual

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completion of assembly of the first

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Saturn booster depicted in this quarter

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scale model the booster or s1 stage for

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the first flight vehicle called s a1 was

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scheduled to be released to the Marshall

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Center quality division On January 9th

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1961 for inspection and check-out basic

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steps in the booster assembly which

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began May 28 1968 rest in this series of

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drawings including positioning of the

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connecting the 105 inch diameter Center

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liquid oxygen tank to the tail section

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installing the 870 inch diameter LOX and

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fuel tanks here the complete booster is

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shown on its fixture ready to leave the

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shop final assembly accomplished

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quarter included installation of the

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boosters 8h 1 engines furnished by

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Rocketdyne the upper stage support used

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for attaching the Saturn's upper stages

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upper stage support shroud and the for

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instrumentation canisters which carry

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control and telemetry equipment a new

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series of static test firings of the

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modified Saturn test booster SAT one

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began this quarter at Marshall on

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December 20th

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a successful 62nd test of all the

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engines was conducted an earlier test on

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December 2nd had been terminated by a

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malfunction sensor at one point seven

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seconds difficulties involving excessive

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plans are now underway for a new Saturn

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static test firing stand to be located

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about a mile west of the one presently

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in use addition to this facility will

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enable the center to conduct two booster

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captive firing operations in the same

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period eight Ron a division of Aerojet

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General Corporation has been selected to

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do the engineering and design criteria

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work on the new stand this phase is

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expected to require about seven months

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construction contracts will be awarded

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separately ultimate cost to the static

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test facility will be ten million eight

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hundred thousand dollars meanwhile also

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in the test area a striking new landmark

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rose against the skyline as the new

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dynamic test facility shown in this

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artist's sketch was erected the 204 foot

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tall structural steel tower looms

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twenty-seven feet higher than the nearby

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static test span the new facility begun

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last July will be used to determine

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entire Saturn vehicle while on launch

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support arms and the structural

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the facility will be finished in the

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as the first Saturn booster was being

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put together in the fabrication and

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assembly engineering division hundreds

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of engineers and technicians were at

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work in other Marshall shops and

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laboratories building and testing the

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many complex components which go into

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the great space vehicle for instance

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guidance and control division when the

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various sources within the vehicle which

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computations and send electrical signals

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various circuits have been designed as

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vehicle's telemetry antennas six of

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the power generated by the eight

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antenna is being plotted the impedance

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120th scale model of a Saturn vehicle is

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a radio frequency signal to miniature

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the receive signal is then recorded as

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the model rotates providing a plot of

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relative signal strength versus viewing

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angle in another Marshall laboratory

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detailed experimentation involving the

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force of 12,000 pounds from a source

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components to satisfy the design

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parameters set up as requirements for

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division the program of aerodynamics

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research in development was being

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present and future space programs

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examples of this work were the cold jet

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launch deflector using a 125th scale

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model of the Saturn booster base an

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investigation of base flow patterns was

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made as high pressure air 500 psi was

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through nozzles onto the model deflector

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the base and by using various flow

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visualization techniques engineers can

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the air supply so that the engine flow

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neared completion dummy upper stages

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control and structure the dummy second

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stage called the s4 stage was fabricated

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modified 105 inch diameter tank similar

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for the center tank in the booster

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itself steel struts or lingerie is

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the tank and a metal skin attached thus

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diameter of 220 inches assembly work

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fixture which had been provided by the

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inch tank can be water ballasted to

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stage assembly of the dummy is scheduled

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Douglas Aircraft Company contractor for

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the live s4 stage is now making a

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full-scale mock-up of the front and rear

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sections of the stage and its plant in

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Santa Monica California the mock-up is

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necessary for study of problems which

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have dummy second stages a dummy third

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stage called

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also make the live third stage a 10-foot

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diameter modified centaur stage using

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two liquid hydrogen liquid oxygen

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stage convair is preparing a proposal

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for the s5 contract dummy S five stages

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will be used in the first six Saturn

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vehicles as the first Saturn V achill

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took shape construction of the unique

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river barge which will transport the

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Canaveral was being done at Todd

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shipyards in Houston Texas

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by rail highway or air so this

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one-of-a-kind barge was designed for

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NASA by the Army Transportation car cost

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protector of ships it is 180 feet long

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weight displacement of 450 tons while

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construction of a slip and dock to

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accommodate it was completed on the

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Tennessee River at the Marshall Center

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the booster will be transported by Road

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the five miles from the assembly area to

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the dock loading and unloading of the

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booster will be accomplished by use of a

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wheeled carriage or dolly which will

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of transit in late November the philemon

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the way on the Tennessee loaded with its

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booster cargo it will take a similar

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trip back to the Gulf of Mexico then

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around the southern tip of Florida to

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reach Cape Canaveral this route is about

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at its destination work is proceeding on

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an unloading area where the booster will

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be taken off the barge and transported

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to the launch site about one mile away

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at the launch site itself known as

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complex 34 where the Saturn will be

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fired in September of 1961 major

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structural assembly has been finished on

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the 310 foot tall

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Saturn service tower second highest

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structure in the state of Florida the

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equipment such as racks panels consoles

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work is also underway on the protocol

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and servicing area and construction of

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schedule as Complex 34 progresses design

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vehicle launching site to be known as

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be needed to support anticipated vehicle

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firing rates and to serve as a backup