A three-foot high Instrument tional Business Machines Corporation will be launched into orbit with a huge Saturn second stage
later this month in a crucial test for the Apollo lunar program.
These are the facts about IBM's role as a NASA prime contractor in the Apollo/Saturn program. They are organized for quick reference. Computer terms are defined in a glossary. Glossy prints of photographs and illustrations are available from IBM information offices listed on the following page. Please order by photo number. Andrew J. Cella Manager of Information, IBM Federal Systems Division.
This manual contains a brief description of each Instrument Unit (IU) system and their respective components for S-IU-201 through 212 and S-IU-501 through 515.
Within the first 10 minutes of NASA's initial Saturn IB flight, the Instrument Unit (IU), nervecenter of America's mightiest launch vehicle, is designed to make more than 7 million calculations, sample vehicle calculations 100 times a minute, telemeter 3 million numbers back to Earth, and measure the performance of 300 pieces of equipment in the IU, S-IB, and S-IVB stages.
Various loan contracts for livestock and equipment between I. Schiffman and customers including Moses Johnson, J. C. Todd, Gus Williams, Tom and B. F. Wyley, Henry Rice, and I. K. Carter.
Correspondence, receipts, and checks from a transaction of cotton between the Weil Brothers and I. Schiffman & Company, Inc. The final three documents detail a re-weight of the 778 bales of cotton two months later, leading to a reduced price by $5,149.13.
Various receipts for cotton from multiple companies and farms including Sulphur Spring, Weil farm, Tibbs farm, Morris farm, Cobb farm, and Pierce farm.
The following people participated in an all day meeting at ABMA Huntsville on 6 January 1960: Dr. W. Von Braun, Mr. E. Rees, Mr. A. Hyatt, Mr. A. Siepert. Writer of the memorandum is Abraham Hyatt, Deputy Director, Launch Vehicle Programs.
This brief notice states that the firm of Hutchens and Montgomery is dissoved by "mutual consent." It is signed by William Thomas Hutchens and J. E. Montgomery.
