"Crew Briefing : Instrument Unit Stage Presentation".
Saturn project
Saturn launch vehicles
Spacecraft control
Spacecraft guidance
Document outlining different slides of a presentation containing numerous organizational charts, diagrams and bullet-list points.
International Business Machines Corporation
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Petrone, Rocco A.
Teir, William
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Text
Presentations
"Application of Nuclear Propulsion to the Mars Manned Landing Mission."
Mars (Planet)--Exploration
Nuclear rocket engines
Saturn Project (U.S.)
Spacecraft propulsion
Space flight to Mars
This report has been prepared to provide Aerojet management and the interested NASA offices with nuclear propulsion decision aid data. The primary intent of these analyses is to evaluate potential space missions which may utilize nuclear propulsion in an effort to determine the most desirable characteristics of a nuclear propulsion system.
Advanced Concepts, Reon Division, Aerojet-General Corporation.
Reports
Still Image
Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory Monthly Progress Report for Period April 1, 1968 Through April 30, 1968.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory--Planning.
NASA space programs
Project management
Structures Division
Advanced Studies Office
Materials Division
Vehicle Systems Division
Propulsion Division
"Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory Bimonthly Progress Report, April and May 1967."
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory
Progress reports
"Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory Bimonthly Progress Report, December 1967-January 1968."
Documentation
History
Transcription of an interview between Davis S. Akens and Arthur Rudolph
Akens, David S.
Interviews
Laboratories -- Astronautics
A rocket from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center will carry the first American to the moon, and the deadline is 1970. Because of the Center's expanding role in space, there are increasing requests for information about our activities. This brief historical sketch should help to answer questions about our past, our present, and our hopes for the future. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the largest installation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Marshall Center is NASA's agency responsible for large space rockets and related research. MSFC employs about 7500 civil service employees with an annual payroll of more than {dollar}82 million. In addition approximately 4300 contractor employees work for MSFC on the Arsenal, earning an estimated {dollar}43 million. The Center occupies about 1800 acres near Huntsville, Alabama; in this large area are 270 buildings with floor space totalling about 4,000,000 square feet for a real estate and property value of about {dollar}325 million. MSFC's 1966 fiscal year budget was {dollar}1.8 billion. Obviously MSFC has much human and monetary worth behind United States round trips to the moon and beyond. In addition to its size, MSFC is unique because it has a large rocket development team with more than three decades of experience. Prior to the rocket work that dates back to Peenemuende [sic] the world heard little and cared less concerning rockets and space. As a group Marshall has always thought big. It has worked together as a group, and equally well with fellow scientists throughout the Free World, to get the most into space soonest. This is why there is increasing interest in larger and larger rockets and rocket programs from our Center, a fact generating more and more questions about our Center, and in turn generating a "workload" request for this sketch by the Historical Office. We hope that you enjoy our historical sketch, which could as well be entitled "Closer and Closer Views of the Moon and Beyond." David S. Akens, MSFC Historian.
Historical Analyses
Dr. von Braun's calendars and scrapbooks indicate that these were his personal contacts with President Kennedy, Vice-President Johnson and members of their immediate staff.
Apollo project
The first page contains a typed routing slip. A list of Wernher von Braun's meetings with President Kennedy, the Vice President and members of their immediate staff.
Lists
"Saturn V S-IC stage engine gimbal actuation system."
Hydraulic control
Apollo spacecraft
Engineering
The actuation system for the Saturn V S-IC stage is described and compared to the Saturn I system. The use of mechanical feedback actuators that result in a significant increase in system reliability and the damping of load resonance is discussed. The unprecedented component sizes and system requirements are cited.
Kalange, M. A.
Alcott, R. J.
Design reports
"Design and Development of a 1,500,000-Pound-Thrust Space Booster Engine."
F-1 rocket engine
Liquid propellant rockets
Research and development
Booster rocket engines
Describes the F-1 engine design and components.
Aldrich, D. E.
Sanchini, D. J.
Design Analyses
"Design of the Saturn S-IV Stage Propellant Utilization System."
Saturn S-4 stage
Describes the SIV vehicle and its components. Presented at: IRE International Convention.
Allen, D. J.
Bekemeyer, L. G.
"Aerospace Welding Standards for the Minutes of the Meeting of American Ordnance Association."
Aerospace industries
Space vehicles
Welding
American Ordnance Association
Minutes (administrative records)
Contracts
Aeronautics--United States
The Army medical contract, grant, and research interest in the bio-science area.
American Rocket Society
Essays
"A Helium Face Seal Application In a Liquid Oxygen Pump."
Liquid oxygen
Pump seals
Sealing
Presented at the Fourth International Conference on Fluid Sealing held in conjunction with the 24th annual meeting in Philadelphia, May 5-9, 1969.
Cieslik, Walter
American Society of Lubrication Engineers
"Instrumentation Programming for Computer Controlled Digital Data Processing."
Digital techniques
Flight management systems
Airborne/spaceborne computers
Spacecraft electronic equipment
Spacecraft instruments
V-2 missile
A number of considerations are necessary in instrumentation programming, many of which are either not applicable or applicable to a lesser degree in other types of programming. This paper discusses these problems in general terms and illustrates how they have been dealt with specifically. The latter is done by describing the programming and operation of a data reduction system.
Anderson, Philip N.
"Problems experienced in program management."
Letter to "management" detailing problems identified in management's handling of projects.
Andressen, C. E.
Correspondances
"Manufacturing problems with printed circuit boards and how to avoid them."
Production management
Circuit boards
To be presented at the NASA / Rocketdyne Manufacturing Technology Review. Focuses on how best to avoid printed circuit boards.
Angele, Wilhelm
Letter David L. Christensen from W. Angele responding to a pervious request.
Angele, Wilhem
Correspondence
Apollo 7 flight
Manned space flight
Project Apollo (U.S.)
This document contains the transcript from the Apollo 7 mission. This transcript contains the communication from the first seven days of the ten day mission.
Apollo News Center.
Transcripts