Posted on February 4, 2016
“The S-II stage was a nightmare the minute it was conceived, and it only got worse from there. During the course of its creation, it would grind up people and careers the way the transcontinental railway devoured laborers. Though the methods and mat...
5-Test firing of a Saturn V second stage rocket S-II
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3-The S-II stage during stacking operations of Apollo 6 in the VAB
2-S-2 assembly building in Seal Beach, CA
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Posted on February 25, 2016
The success of Apollo 4 gave good reason to believe that the Saturn V could be trusted to propel men into space. But NASA pushed on with its plans for a second unmanned booster flight, primarily to give the Pad 39 launch team another rehearsal before...
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4-Apollo 6’s interstage falling away
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1-The Lunar Module Test Article (LTA-2R) is being moved for mating with the spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter
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