Saturn project
Spacecraft construction materials
Liquid propellant engines
Apollo project
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph; This is a cutaway drawing of the bulkhead with information about the LH2 tank skin, insulation, Aft LOX bulkhead, 2014-T6 alum skin and fiberglass core. Part of an envelope with photos accompanying C. E. Cataldo paper "Materials in Space Exploration."
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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Still Image
Illustrations
"Communication from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the President's Materials Policy Commission, June 1952."
Fuel
Liquid propellant
Includes bibliographical references.; Original format: paperback book (42 pages); Cover title: Resources for freedom : the outlook of energy resources, volume III. Contains plans and analyses of potential future energy sources.
Truman, Harry S.
Text
Essays
"Communication-System Blackout During Reentry of Large Vehicles".
Astronautics--telecommunication
Reentry communication
Blackout (propagation)
This paper was published in the Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 55, number 5, May 1967.; ABSTRACT: Much of the theoretical research on reentry blackout is in a format difficult for the communications design engineer to use in his system analysis. This paper derives simplified equations for the average sheath power loss that may be added (in dB) to the usual space loss to obtain an approximate total propagation loss. The plasma and sheath properties are discussed in detail but largely without supporting mathematics, in order to give the design engineer a better understanding of the overall problem. For the same reason and to provide insight into the final results, the average radiated power is found, using both intuitive and rigorous techniques. Several graphs of plasma properties are included in the development as an aid to numerical computation, and results are compared with the work of other authors.
Mitchell, F. H. (Ferdinand Haverman), 1938-
Technical Reports
"Company announces scholarship winners: Space Division places 9 of 21 boys and 16 girls."
Aerospace industries
Employees
Periodicals
A news article detailing the winners of scholarships from a competition held by Space Division. This contest was held for the children of Space Division employees.
North American Aviation, Inc. Space Division
News Articles
"Component Failure Effect on Systems: An Analytical Model".
Systems engineering
Saturn launch vehicles
Reliability engineering
Prepared by R. L. Parkhill, Section Chief, Saturn S-IVB Reliability Analysis and J. Pauperas JR., Asst. Section Chief, Saturn S-IV Reliability Analysis. Presented to the 4th Annual Seminar on Reliability for Space Vehicles, Los Angeles, California, December 6, 1963. This paper presents techniques originated by Douglas Engineering working under NASA contract NAS7-1. Prepared as a record of the study conducted for the Administrative Engineer on the Department Overhead Account No. 9703.; SUMMARY: In today's complex systems, such as Saturn, many traditional reliability analysis concepts are not acceptable. Because of time and budget restrictions, and the requirement to provide a "man rated" space vehicle, the Douglas Saturn Engineering Reliability Section has developed a new analytical approach; it is called "criticality ranking". It is a "totem pole" of components whose single failure may lead to system loss. "Criticality ranking" is one of the results of an analytical model which encompasses failure effect and reliability prediction. This paper describes this analytical model, discusses some of the techniques and ground rules, and presents examples. A discussion of the application of the results is also included.
Parkhill, R. L.
"Computer Controlled Power Application for the Saturn Launch Vehicle".
Data processing
Digital computers
Spacecraft electronic equipment
This paper describes a real-time digital computer program that controls the application of electrical power to the S-IVB stage of the Saturn vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Douglas Aircraft Company, the S-IVB stage manufacturer, provided NASA with the program requirements relative to the energizing sequence, voltage and current measurement tolerances, and vehicle system operational tests. International Business Machines Corporation provided NASA with the computer program to satisfy the task requirements. The program conjoined the components of the Electrical Support Equipment (two RCA 110A computers and control and instrumentation devices) into a closed loop system. The supporting operating system program by IBM is described.
Felber, Henry D.
"Computer Redundancy: Design, Performance, and Future".
Redundancy
Discusses the importance of redundancy as a safety measure in electronic systems.
Kuehn, Ralph E.
"Conditions contributing to stress corrosion [list] photograph."
Liquid propellant rockets
Stress corrosion
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph. A photograph of a list of things contributing to stress corrosion. Referenced by "Materials in Space Exploration." Is part of envelope containing photos accompanying C. E. Cataldo paper "Materials in Space Exploration."
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Photographs
"Conductor's Report of Army, Navy Or Marine Personnel Carried" from the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company.
Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company
United States. Army
Railroad travel
The conductor's report notes 158 passengers in coach from Augusta to Atlanta.
Johnson, A. B.
Documents
Engineering management
Project management
Production management
Configuration management
Configuration management: Definition, requirements, organization, policy and procedure documents, contractual documents.
Martin Company
Brochures
"Constitution of the Student Body of the University of Alabama in Huntsville."
Mason, Philip
McCanless, Christel Ludewig
Reeves, H. Clyde
Scott, Charley
Academic libraries--Circulation and loans
Education, Higher
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Constitutions
Contracts
Saturn funded contracts in excess of $100,000. Lists contracts by contract numbers. Gives contractor, value, place of performance and scope of work.; There is a burned stripe across one page.
Lists
Procedures
Outlines various procedures for Saturn V contractors.
Boeing Company. Space Division
Procedures (Documents)
A collection of various procedures. Archive copy is a photocopy. There is no continuous numbering in this document.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. Structures and Dynamics Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"Contracts & Pricing: Saturn S-II Program".
Indicates the various levels and responsibilities within the Saturn V pricing and contract personnel. September 3, 1968.; Approved S. L. Weinberg.
North American Rockwell Corporation. Space Division
International Business Machines Corporation. Federal Systems Division. Space Systems Center
Eubank, F. W.
Diagrams
"Contracts for Saturn Upper Stages S-IV and S-V".
Saturn S-4 stage
Saturn 5 launch vehicles
Details contracts for upper stages of Saturn IV and Saturn V and includes illustrative appendixes. Archive copy is a photocopy.
Mitchell, J. R.
Trauboth, H. H
"Cool Names For Women?; The Cold Facts: They're Not"
Department of Defense poster
United States--Department of Defense
Sexual harassment
Chicks
Dolls
Uses doll, chick and fox to convey inappropriate terms for addressing women
Department of Defense
The University of Alabama in Huntsville M. Louis Salmon Library
Posters
"Corrosion Problems Associated with Space Launch Vehicles".
Launch vehicles
Corrosion
A document reporting various space vehicle corrosion issues. Original is photocopy.
Franklin, D. B.
"Corrosion problems associated with the Saturn space vehicles."
Corrosion problems associated with space vehicles, in general, are discussed as contrasted to those problems experienced with structures in an earth atmosphere. Primary emphasis is placed on structural alloys in this discussion, although some corrosion failures experienced in various mechanical components are described. General corrosion prevention measures are indicated, and solutions to specific corrosion failures described. Major failures experienced have been attributed to stress corrosion cracking, rather than general or galvanic type corrosion. Most such failures have occurred with only five different materials: three aluminum alloys - 7075-T6, 7079-T6, and 2024-T6; and two precipitation hardening stainless steels - 17-7PH and AM 355. Corrective actions were different in each case, but involved either a complete change to another material, a change to a different temper of the same alloy, or a modification of the heat treatment and/or general processing techniques. General conclusions are that the types of failures described could be avoided by: a more suitable selection of alloys in the initial design, a realistic review of the environments that could be encountered in the service lifetime of the component, lowering stresses, improving process controls, and effecting better familiarization of design personnel with the with the overall stress corrosion problem in an effort to reduce human error.; Preprint 18e.; Materials for re-entry and spacecraft systems - spacecraft materials.; Materials Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31 - April 4, 1968.
Williamson, J. G.
Cotton--Marketing
Courthouses--Alabama
The photo shows the north side of courthouse square looking east in downtown Huntsville. The Madison County Courthouse can be seen at the right of the photo.
Collins, Ira F.
Card photographs