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Saturn five quarterly film reports

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number eleven Thomas Partridge during

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the period June July and August 1965

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development manufacturing and testing of

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s1c stages by the Boeing Company and the

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Marshall Center continued throughout the

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fourth the first full duration or 150

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second static firing of an s-1 sea stage

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for successfully performed on August 5th

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at the Marshall Center the 5f1

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engines of the test stage s1 CT produced

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for thrust of 7 and 1/2 million pounds

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all four other engines for gimbal

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satisfactorily

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the first firing using automatic check

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out equipment is presently scheduled for

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next court martial assembly of the first

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neared completion this quarter the inner

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tank watts tank forward skirt assembly

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was completed in late June and was

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transferred from the vertical Assembly

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Building to the horizontal assembly area

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for mating to the fuel tank thrust

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structure assembly which had been

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finished last quarter splicing of the

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two tank assemblies was accomplished on

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July 12 miscellaneous mechanical and

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electrical work is continuing

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installation of the 5f1 engines was

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finished August 28 the completed stage

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is scheduled for turn over to the

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quality and reliability assurance lab

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for checkout on September 27th assembly

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of the second flight stage s1 c2 also

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moved forward at Marshall hydrostatic

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in mid-august in addition the skin

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assemblies were welded to both the upper

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and lower launch tank both heads and

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first structure assembly was continued

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at MSFC in Marshalls world tests our

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theater tank for the s1 CS structural

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test stage was installed

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in mid-july and preparations are

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the unit beginning in September at

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Marshall's me shoe assembly facility in

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New Orleans the Boeing Company achieved

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an important goal On June 27th when the

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first s1c stage to be assembled at Mishu

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was removed from the vertical Assembly

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was moved to the horizontal installation

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position in the flat area where

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installation of tubing and wiring is

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underway the thrust structure for the s1

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CF facilities checkout stage was moved

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into the VAB in mid July s1 CF will be

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the second stage to be assembled at

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Michou and the first to be checked out

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completion of hydrostatic testing the

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fuel tank for s1 CL was moved into the

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vertical assembly position and made it

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to the thrust structure here are the 5

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watt suction ducts were installed the

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inner tank watch tank and forward skirt

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were added to complete vertical assembly

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of the state's the S 1 CF was removed

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from the VAB on August 26th and

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transferred to the horizontal assembly

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area both heads for s1 c3 and for flight

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component assembly while similar

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operations for s1 c4 were just getting

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underway Assembly of s1 c5 will start

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next for the change in manufacturing

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technique was inaugurated by Boeing in

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the form of the pocket milled or T

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stiffened wiring the application of this

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will add strength as well as delete

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the first successful full duration 395

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second cluster filing of the 5j two

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accomplished on August tonight by North

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systems division at the Santa Susana

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field laboratory for area attempts to

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fire for duration have been terminated

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prematurely due to various malfunctions

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all of which were later rectified the

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next phase of testing which includes

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of the s2 common bulkhead tests tagged

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postponed because of insulation problems

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repairs to insulation were made for some

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of the activation completed and testing

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structural test dynamic test stage was

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completed on July 16th body and flight

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load tests were completed on August 15

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these loads simulate the inertia of the

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completion and ultrasonic inspection of

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bulkheads for the s2 facilities checkout

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stage were accomplished during the

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report period stage structural assembly

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and numismatic testing have been

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completed and the stage moved to station

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5 for cleaning the s2 t all system stage

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feed lines were also installed the stage

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for further component installation the

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fire j2 engines were also installed

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expected early next quarter the common

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has been completed and manufacturer

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is in partners at the electromechanical

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check out of the s2 separation system

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report period all s2 stage electrical

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and mechanical functions can be

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development of the basic program takes

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was completed and the emm functional

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demonstration was successfully

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installation of equipment such as this

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this quarter a Douglas Aircraft Company

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following successful completion of

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propellant loading tests at SAC those

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Kennedy Space Center for use there in

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capability was installed in preparation

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for a seven-five battleship testing

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accumulation of hydrogen in the upper

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thrust cone area and the program was

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delayed approximately one month for a

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periods it was then reignited for a

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number one will now be modified for use

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in acceptance testing of flight stages

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the facility will be used for post

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a 7 fire configuration was weighed and

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shipment to the Marshall Center in

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in dynamic testing of the s4 BD

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chamber assembly techniques was underway

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as a result of hot gas leakage

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engines this series of operations which

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is expected to solve the problem covers

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point of installation in the brazing

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assembly operations were transferred to

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the new facility for manufacturing

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for use the Marshall center's new single

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position f1 engine static test stand was

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activated on July 8 with a successful

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duration 150 second firing of the one

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and one-half million pound thrust engine

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was successfully performed in all twelve

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report period and underwent checkout and

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minor modification before being

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total of 25 firings accumulating 46

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completed by December 31st the last of

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of a for access numerical control

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systems approach of employing numerical

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checkout is due in October assembly got

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completed and delivered to Wiley labs

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assembly at Marshall in June virtually

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test unit have been successfully

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completed based on test results the

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access door is being re-evaluated and

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further testing in this area may be

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conducted next quarter

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by IBM Huntsville using segments

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was rejected by Marshall due to

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discrepancies another unit is now in

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assembly scheduled for delivery

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the report period and is scheduled for

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aerial will provide extensive facilities

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or launcher for a launch complex 39 at

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of hose-down arms was completed in late

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for the Apollo command module mock-up

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were accomplished this quarter the

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simulator is driven by a hydraulic servo

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of the vehicle skin containing

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associated umbilical connections and

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with elevator devices that simulate

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liftoff simulators were tested for the

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with total travel of eleven feet eight

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activation continued during the report

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laboratory and engineering complex and

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duration fired engine powering of the s2

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various ground test instrument units and