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Saturn five quarterly film report number

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sixteen covers progress during the

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period September October and November at

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at launch complex 39 of the Kennedy

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Space Center Assembly of the first

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Saturn 5 flight vehicle scheduled for

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launch next year began on October 27th

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with direction of the first stage in LC

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39 s vertical assembly building a second

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stage simulator or spacer stage was

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stacked atop the first stage October

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31st the actual second stage is due to

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arrive at KSC in January 1967 from

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Marshalls Mississippi test facility

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after completion of acceptance firing

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there the stage will then replace the

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simulator which meanwhile will have

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provided for checkout of interface

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capabilities with other stages the third

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stage for the first Saturn 5 flight

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vehicle was erected on November 1st and

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the instrument unit was added the

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following day the Apollo spacecraft

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completing the vehicle will be attached

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after the actual second stage replaces

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the second stage simulator also at LC 39

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the mission of the Saturn 5 facility's

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checkout vehicle in checking out pair

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days launch facilities and ground

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support equipment was completed during

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this report period check-out operations

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had begun last June following repair

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this quarter of a rupture which occurred

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in August in pair days liquid oxygen

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feed line a series of tanking tests of

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all three stages of the facility's

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checkout vehicle was successfully

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completed in mid-october

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during the final tanking liquid oxygen

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was pumped into the first stage and lox

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and liquid hydrogen filled the second

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and third stages upon completion of

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tanking tests the facility's checkout

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vehicle mounted on mobile launcher one

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was transferred back into the VAB on

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October 14th to be de erected the Apollo

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spacecraft and instrument unit were

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directed on October 15th the Apollo

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command and service modules were shipped

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to MSFC for use in the dynamic test

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program the IU were

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at KSC for use in pet be checkout

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scheduled to begin in July the third

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stage and second stage were directed on

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October 16th

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the third stage will stay for a pad be

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checkout the second stage was modified

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at KSC to the dynamic test configuration

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and was shipped on October 29th to

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Marshall after dynamic testing it will

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later be returned to KSC for a pad be

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checkout the first stage directed

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October 21st will be shipped to

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Marshalls Michoud assembly facility at

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New Orleans for storage until needed at

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pad B next summer at the Marshall Center

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the second stage of the facility's

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checkout vehicle arrived on November

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10th from KSC for further use as part of

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the dynamic test vehicle after receiving

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inspection the second stage was

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transferred to Marshalls test laboratory

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for installation in the saturn v dynamic

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the stage was stacked atop the first

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stage on November 23rd the third stage

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was installed on November 30th the

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remaining units including the instrument

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unit the spacecraft adapter and the

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Apollo spacecraft are scheduled to be

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stacked in December to complete the

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dynamic test vehicle configuration one

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or full vehicle testing to determine

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bending and vibration characteristics

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the vehicle will be subjected to in

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flight is scheduled to start in January

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test completion is expected by late

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testing the first stage will be removed

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from the stand and the remainder of the

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vehicle will be tested to determine its

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behavior in flight after first stage

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host firing checkout of the second

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flight stage which was static tested at

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Marshall last quarter continued during

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this report period completion of

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checkout and shipment to the Kennedy

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Space Center are scheduled in January

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the third flight stage arrived at MSFC

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on October 1st from Michou where it had

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undergone post manufacturing checkout

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last quarter by the contractor the

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Boeing Company the stage was installed

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in Marshall static test and on October

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3rd for acceptance firing during routine

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maintenance a portion of a small hole

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ring was lost in the turbopump of the

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Center f1 engine when efforts to remove

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it by flushing and mechanical means

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failed the engine was removed and

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replaced by a spare the third flight

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stage was successfully static fired on

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November 15th for a 125 seconds duration

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the time lost during engine change out

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was recovered and the stage was shipped

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from MSFC to miss you in late November

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after refurbishment and post static

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check out the stage will be shipped to

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completed by Boeing at me shoe in late

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November vertical Assembly of the fifth

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flight stage was finished on September

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13th and the stage was moved from issues

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manufacturing building for horizontal

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installation scheduled for completion in

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January the sixth flight stage has been

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moved into the VAB and is now undergoing

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vertical assembly with completion

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scheduled next quarter structural

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assembly of major components for the

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seventh and eighth flight stages is in

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progress at Michou minor assembly of 9th

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and 10th flight stage components is also

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the initial static firing of the first

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flight stage was successfully

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accomplished this quarter at Marshalls

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Mississippi test facility the firing was

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for full duration of 384 seconds

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the firing had been delayed until the

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night of November 30th due to the

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modification work necessitated by cracks

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in the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen

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tanks the cracks were discovered when

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re-inspection of the stage was deemed

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mandatory following engineering

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evaluations of tests and inspections of

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the second and third flight stages by

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Information Systems Division of North

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principle problem areas were in the LH

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to feed line duct outlets the feed line

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elbows and the LH to tank stringers and

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ribbons while the cause of the cracks is

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under intensive investigation temporary

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fixes by means of routing furnishing and

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application of doublers were affected to

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minimize scheduled impact leakage

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through the aft locks bulkhead Dollar

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serious problem

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leakage discovered in an aluminum foil

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seal on the dollar welds doubler

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necessitated removal of the seal and

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thickness 18 millimeters a velox

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compatible Dyna therm liquid sealant

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which had previously been utilized by

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problem in the Saturn fives third stage

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the second of the two static firings

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required for acceptance of the first

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flight stage is due to be conducted in

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December the delay at Mt F in first

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by the several problem area

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modifications will in turn impact the

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scheduled launch date for the first

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Saturn 5 flight vehicle at KSC systems

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acceptance barring when the a to static

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test stand becomes available following

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completion of first flight stage firings

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during this time modification work will

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be accomplished which will minimize the

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amount of work transferred to MTF with

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the inert liquid hydrogen bulkhead was

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ladder from the interior due to a

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failure of a weld in the latter

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retracting mechanism a 10 foot section

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of ladder dropped striking the bulkhead

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and causing cracks in three separate

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areas the cracks measured 810 and 52

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inches in length action is now being

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planned to correct the problem impact on

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the scheduled for delivery of the stage

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2 MTF is undetermined the fourth flight

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operations scheduled for completion in

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early December systems installation and

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check-out are scheduled to be completed

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and the stage delivered to MTF in the

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second quarter of 1967 fabrication and

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sub assembly of structural components

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for the fifth flight stage were finished

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this quarter and vertical assembly got

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underway completion is scheduled the

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post-fire checkout of the second flight

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stage which began last quarter continued

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during this report period and Douglas

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Aircraft Company Sacramento California

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test site completion of checkout

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modification work and shipment of the

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stage to the Kennedy Space Center are

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scheduled for next quarter the third

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beta three stand on October 13th and pre

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preparation for acceptance testing

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scheduled for early January factory

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check out of the stage had been

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completed in early September at

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of manufacturing facility factory check

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sacto due next quarter structural

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fabrication and assembly of the fifth

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and sixth flight stages are underway at

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Huntington Beach and a DA sees Santa

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test was conducted this quarter in order

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to prove the structural integrity of a

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main propellant tank assembly under

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simulated design ultimate load and

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pressurization conditions on September

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21st the lh2 tank successfully completed

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testing to the design ultimate pressure

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of 140 percent the LOX tank seal weld

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area had previously been tested

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successfully to the design ultimate

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pressure five days later in order to

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determine LH to tank ultimate

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capabilities it was hydrostatically

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tested to destruction preliminary data

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indicated that the margin of safety

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obtained for ultimate design pressures

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will be between 2% and 21 percent above

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the qual to test series for the f1

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engine which began August 1st was

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completed on September 6th at the rocket

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the f1 contractor Rocketdyne finished

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the qualification test program four

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months ahead of schedule under an

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incentivized contract one engine used

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for safety limits testing was fired 18

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times for a total of 1275 seconds

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another engine used for duration testing

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reached 2250 six seconds firing time in

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twenty tests all tests were completed

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with only minor discrepancies which will

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be resolved without scheduled impact a

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teardown inspection of the qual to test

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engines was held in November 28 at rocky

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tines Canoga Park California plant and

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results are being evaluated during the

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quarter Rocketdyne was awarded a

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contract to supply the f1 engines for

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and for the production support necessary

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a teardown inspection of rocky Dynes

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operated 230 thousand pound thrust j2

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engine was held in early October at the

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contractors Canoga Park plant following

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completion of the quad 2 qualification

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test firing series during the series of

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30 tests which began in early August at

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the santa susana test site slightly more

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than 3800 seconds of firing time were

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accumulated data evaluation showed the

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test series to be one of the most

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successful ever conducted by rocky dive

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rocket Dynes j2 engine component

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qualification test program which began

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in April 1965 neared completion this

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quarter in this electrical control

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assembly test helium is sprayed around

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the seals a vacuum is then drawn and any

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helium that enters the component is

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measured and recorded at the Air Force's

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Arnold engineering Development Center in

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Tullahoma Tennessee the series of j2

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engine environmental verification test

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firings which started in August

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continued this quarter with a total of

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nine firings including to start to

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restart tests during November the huge

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test cell shown in this cutaway drawing

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has the engine mounted 81 feet above

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ground with its exhaust blasting into a

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cooling chamber 100 feet in diameter and

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250 feet below ground level altitude and

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thermal conditions of 110,000 feet can

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ground testing of seven five instrument

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units was virtually concluded with

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successful completion this quarter of

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testing on the third structural test I

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you at the Marshall Center plans are to

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use this unit next to validate redesign

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of the IU's st 124 inertial platform

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mount work on saturn v flight IU's

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continued during the quarter by the

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contractor International Business

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Machines at its plentiful Alabama

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facility with checkout of the second

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flight unit completed November 4th after

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modification the unit will be stored

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until it's scheduled shipment to Kennedy

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Space Center in January the third flight

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IU underwent component assembly

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operations at IBM Huntsville throughout

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the report period with check-out slated

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to begin in mid-december structural

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fabrication on the fourth flight I you

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got underway September 19th completion

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is scheduled in late January at

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Marshalls Mississippi test facility

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activity on the dual position first

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stage static test and has begun to

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major construction of the b2 position is

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nearing completion and activation is

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phasing in rapidly in preparation for

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installation of the all systems ground

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test stage scheduled for late December

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in October a test fixture called a

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spider was installed in the stand to

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verify capability of the four hold down

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arms with application of pressure two

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hydraulic jacks the spider simulated

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various types of loads including full

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stage thrust engine gimbal and stage

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dead weight which will be imparted to

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the hold-down arms and load frame also

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in October the main derrick was

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installed atop the stands center pier

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this Derrick will be used to install

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the derrick was successfully load tested

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with weights of 400,000 pounds 50 tons

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in excess of design requirements

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on October 23rd the all system's ground

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test stage arrived at MTF from the

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Marshall Center where it had undergone

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extensive testing the stage will be

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installed in the b2 position of the duo

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test and for use in checkout and

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verification of the stand Technical

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Systems and ground support equipment at

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second stage test and number two

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designated a1 brick-and-mortar

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construction is over 90 percent complete

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the flame deflector has been installed

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and the high pressure industrial water

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piping has been laid steel work on the

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engine removal and engine access levels

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is finished the auxiliary derrick is in

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operation and work on the main derrick

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is underway the second stage vehicle

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checkout building was accepted for

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beneficial occupancy September 27th the

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second stage now undergoing static

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testing at MTF will be refurbished in

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this building prior to shipment to the

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Kennedy Space Center final beneficial

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Building is view in mid-december

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technical systems installation is in

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progress with completion due in early

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in summary despite delays occasion to

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this quarter due to the necessity for

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second stage modifications September

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October and November 1966 marked the

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accomplishment of major milestones in

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the Saturn 5 program with the first

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static firing of the initial second

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stage flight stage partial erection of

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the first flight vehicle completion of

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the facilities checkout vehicle's

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mission in checkout of launch complex 39

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spared a stacking of the dynamic test

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vehicle in preparation for the upcoming

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dynamic test program and continuing

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progress in the manufacture and ground

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testing of subsequent Saturn 5 flight