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Posted on August 20, 2015

Apollo Saturn 201 employed the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which  was the up-rated version of the Saturn I rocket flown in ten earlier Saturn-Apollo missions. It featured an upgrade of the first stage engines to increase thrust from 1,500,000 lb-ft of ...

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Apollo-Saturn 201 mission – launch, recovery

Posted on May 19, 2016

Posted on September 14, 2016

The biggest concern before Apollo 9 was the docking maneuver.  In early 1969, at NASA there was little confidence in the docking system. At a January program review, Phillips said that problems encountered during probe and drogue testing worried him…

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Posted on June 14, 2017

In addition to the ordinary taxpayers who gathered on the beaches and roads of eastern Florida, 20,000 VIPs were invited by NASA to watch the lift off from viewing stands near the Vehicle Assembly Building.

3-The S-IVB third stage is hoisted for for mating to the second stage

2-The S-II second stage is moved into position for mating with the S-IC first stage

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Posted on November 13, 2014