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film report number 12 covers progress

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during the period September October and

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November 1965 development manufacturing

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and testing of s1c stages by the Boeing

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Company and the Marshall Center

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continued throughout the quarter in

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October responsibility for s1c static

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testing at Marshall was transferred to

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Boeing but MSFC in a supervisory

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capacity the first firing utilizing

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automatic check out equipment in the

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blockhouse was held on October 8 the

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test stage designated s1 CT was fired

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for 40 seconds with all elements

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functioning as programmed a 96 second

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firing was held on November 3rd and on

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November 24th a successful full duration

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firing of 150 seconds in the automatic

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mode was conducted Marshall assembly of

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the first Saturn 5 booster flight stage

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s1 c1 was completed on September 27th

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and the stage was moved from the

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manufacturing engineering lab to the

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quality and reliability assurance lab

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for a post manufacturing check out check

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out here a combination of manual and

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automatic modes included basic power

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tests electromagnetic interference tests

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testing of basic instrumentation

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automatic calibration and gaseous

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pressure system testing of each of the

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five f-1 engines plus the overall stage

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the s1 c1 is expected to be ready for

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delivery to the static test stand in

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January 1966 the forward stage assembly

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comprising LOX tank inter tank and

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stage s1 c2 was completed at the

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vertical Assembly Building and was

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transferred on November 8 to Marshalls

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newly finished 100-foot tall horizontal

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assembly building for mating to the aft

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stage assembly comprising fuel tank and

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thrust structure the new facility has a

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large high bay area allowing

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train support above the stage which was

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not possible in the building where s1

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Siwon was assembled horizontal mating of

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the forward stage assembly to the

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previously completed apt stage assembly

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was accomplished on November 9th and

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component installation is continuing in

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marshals load test tower structural load

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testing of the s1 CS aft test stage

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hitter take fuel tank thrust structure

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was successfully conducted during the

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quarter at Marshalls Michou assembly

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operations in New Orleans the s-1 C D

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dynamic test stage which had been moved

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into the stage test building from the

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horizontal installation position in the

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plant area on August 25th received only

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minor damage when the building itself

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was severely hit by Hurricane Betsy on

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September 9th cell number 1 where s1 CD

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was installed

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fortunately received less damage than

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the other three cells and was quickly

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repaired the hurricane damage has not

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seriously affected s1c production

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schedules at nishu following checkout

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and weighing of the dynamic test stage

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which is the first Misha assembled s1 C

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it was moved from the stage test

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building to the Misha barge docks on

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October 14th in January 1966 s1 CD will

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be installed in the saturn v dynamic

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test stand where preparations are now

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underway for acceptance a hydro dynamic

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support system consisting of four large

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concrete pillars topped by hydraulic

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actuators with hydrostatic bearings will

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enable the vehicle to float virtually

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frictionless on a film of oil during

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conditions steel bumpers are being

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erected inside the test stand to prevent

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the vehicle from sliding off the support

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pedestals a roof has also been installed

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atop the stand to prevent a chimney

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effect whereby gusts of wind might

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destroy test measurements if a summit is

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late August under wet installation of

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systems until mid-november

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when it was moved to the stage test

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building for check out the F stage is

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slated for shipment to Kennedy Space

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Center in late January 1966 the first

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for flight rated engines for s1 c3 the

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third flight stage arrived at me shoe

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from Rocketdyne during the quarter and

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are undergoing checkout the fifth engine

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is due in December vertical assembly of

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installation of the thrust structure in

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the VAB major component assembly

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continued on s1 c4 the upper fuel

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bulkhead was reworked due to hurricane

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damage production of bulkheads for s1 c5

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milling of fittings in Gore FX's and

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bases s2 structural testing was

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completed this quarter at the see of

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each facility of north american aviation

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space and information systems division

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although the structural test stage

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collapsed in the final test on September

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acceptable load level testing duplicated

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end of s1 see stage boost marshal and s

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NID engineers are investigating the mode

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of failure original plans were for

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but as a result of the stage loss the

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old systems test stage will be used

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instead the old system stage designated

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s2 t was completed by s anti-d during

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September and on October 1st were

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shipped to the Marshall setters

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Mississippi test facility after static

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firing their early next year s 2 T will

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be modified and sent to Marshall for a

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field laboratory preparations were

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underway this quarter for cluster firing

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of the s2 battleship stage using flight

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configuration j2 engines the first

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firing is set

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or December also at Santa Susana

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successful completion of the s2 common

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accomplished in early November the tests

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limit conditions in a cryogenic

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facilities check out stage was completed

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closeout are now in progress vertical

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assembly is underway on s21 the first

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locks bulkhead was successfully tested

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to 105 percent of pressure for 10

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minutes and is now available for stage

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final assembly the or would lh2 bulkhead

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and common bulkhead were also completed

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and tested during the quarter automatic

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and installed in essen tidies a duo

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equipment is undergoing tests in

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major structural sub assemblies are

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the activation was completed in early

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conclusion of compatibility interference

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and automatic check out equipment

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verification testing terminated the EMM

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function and GSE is now being

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reallocated to other locations within

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battleship stage was removed from beta

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battleship test-firing program the stage

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will be delivered in early January 1966

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to the Arnold engineering development

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center at Tullahoma Tennessee for

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altitude simulation firing tests after

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removal of the battleship stage latest

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and one was converted in preparation for

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acceptance testing of the s4v flight

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stages of

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both Saturn 1b and five configurations

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the first flight stage designated 501

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will be installed in February 1966 the

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delivered to sacto in September for

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conditions utilizing a converted s for

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stand testing will get underway next

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quarter also its acto installation of

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ground support equipment at the vertical

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checkout lab is nearing completion

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initial use of the new facility for

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systems check out of the 500 St stage

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simulator is slated for late December at

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the Assembly check-out tower complex at

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received from Rocketdyne last quarter

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tests lab prior to joining to the stage

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period tank components fabrication is

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scheduled next quarter qualification

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testing of s4b flight stage components

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continued with such items as vibration

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of the aft umbilical kit and cycle

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the first transcontinental trip for an

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plant on September 20 night and arrived

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in good condition at the Marshall Center

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transport feasibility study was

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initiated by MSFC because of the limited

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of aircraft capable of carrying the f1

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this scale model depicts two of the

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stations to be constructed at Canoga

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to vertical is part of Rocketdyne

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general program for improvement of

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production line techniques in addition

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to the vertical assembly stations three

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electrical and mechanical checkout

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stations and one optical alignment

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station will be built construction work

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vertical assembly stations the entire

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line is expected to be finished early in

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1966 a new 2500 ton capacity liquid

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oxygen storage tank has been completed

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california the new storage tank allows

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Rocketdyne to meet increased testing

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schedules for both research and

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development and production f-1 engines

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to f1 engine checkout console assemblies

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were delivered barakatuh in this quarter

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to the Boeing Company at Michou for

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installation in the first f1 checkout

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station there a third unit is slated for

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delivery in December the console

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hydraulic inputs and outputs for the f1

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engine for performing specific

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center's new single position f1 static

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test and activated last quarter pre

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firings totaling approximately 360

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seconds were conducted during this

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report during the Rocketdyne built j2

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flight rating test engine underwent

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the engine number 2023 which had been

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static fired 25 times for a total of

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disassembled for detailed inspection of

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all components following preparations

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the end of the

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the initial static firing of engine

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number 2032 who was conducted on the

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Delta to stand at Santa Susana the

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engine was fired for full duration of

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qualification test series which will man

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rate the j2 engine is scheduled for

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completion by December 31st the engine

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will be fired 30 times for an

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accumulated duration of three thousand

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seven hundred fifty seconds radio

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interference tests as a part of the

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qualification program were conducted

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this quarter at rocky Dean's Los Angeles

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division overall purpose of the tests is

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to show that the engine will not emit

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undesirable interference or be

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susceptible to external interference

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rocky dines research and development

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program on j2 engine thermal insulation

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continued during the quarter a test

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sample was subjected to various degrees

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of temperature with a plasma gun as the

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external heat source the various moles

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are representative of engine hardware

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configurations a total of 11 j2 engines

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was delivered by rocket day in this

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quarter to the stage users including the

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final engine for s2 501 all five engines

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for s2 502 the remaining 4s to

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start ago j2 engine delivered to

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marshall underwent three scattering

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firings the longest for 418 seconds in

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restart tests are expected to begin next

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quarter throughout the quarter ground

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unit was near completion with delivery

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to Marshalls system development facility

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due in early December assembly of the

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flight systems iu was near completion by

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the end of November the three checkout

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trailer is used to check out the flight

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systems iu were delivered to Marshall by

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IBM Huntsville in September the check

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out equipment covering two

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Nitori radiofrequency and a digital data

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acquisition system is mounted in

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trailers so it can later be sent to

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Douglas Aircraft in California to

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monitor flight simulation tests

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structural assembly of the first flight

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instrument unit SIU 501 began in late

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assembly is scheduled to start in mid

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I you assembled by IBM Huntsville using

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segments manufactured by North American

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Aviation was completed in early October

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and moved to MSFC for structural testing

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Huntsville facility high intensity

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reverberation tests chamber acoustic

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vibration testing of the vibration test

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I you were successfully conducted in

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mid-november the tremendous noise levels

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produced by the Saturn 5 first stage

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engines were simulated by a pneumatic

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sound source producing sound pressure

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over a twenty five to ten thousand cycle

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per second frequency range at the

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Marshall Center dynamic testing of the

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s4 BD dynamic test stage in conjunction

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with the dynamic test instrument unit

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and an Apollo spacecraft was

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successfully completed during the report

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period at Marshalls Mississippi test

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facility activation efforts on the first

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s two static tests and designated a2

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were directed early this quarter two

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priority items to prepare the stand for

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installation of the s2 t all system

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stage delivered by s and ID beneficial

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occupancy of the stand was accepted on

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installed in the stand by s and ID and

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support personnel the s2 t to be used

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for checkout a facility systems ground

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support equipment and the stage itself

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mt f in early 1966 work on the second s

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to stand designated a1 progressed

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concrete work on the service corps and

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front vents is complete and steel

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is on schedule concrete work on the

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center and east pier is finished and

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installation of steel for the flame

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deflector and engine removal platform is

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well underway concrete work on the West

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level in summary September October and

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achievements such as the first s1c

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static firing using automatic check out

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equipment completion of assembly of the

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first Misha produced s1 see the dynamic

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s2 all systems test stage and its

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for static firing successful testing of

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the s4 the dynamic test stage and

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dynamic test iu successful acoustic

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improvement of one engine production

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techniques and initiation of j2 engine

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