The Saturn V Rocket Rob Petro – History of Spaceflight & Space Technology

1. “Fly me to the Moon” The Saturn V RocketRob Petro – History of Spaceflight & Space Technology

2. The Saturn V Few can argue there is a more exciting vehicle than the Saturn V One of the most successful craft ever built by NASA, no payload was ever lost following launch The pinnacle of the career of Wernher von Braun and the Marshall Space Flight Center

3. Marvel of Engineering • The most powerful vehicleever created by man • 7.5 Million Pounds of Thrust • 36 stories tall • Pre-Launch weight of 6.4 Million Pounds

4. Saturn V Rocket Details • 3 Stage rocket • First Stage – S-IC • Second Stage – S-II • Third Stage – S-IVB Plus • Instrument Ring • Lunar, Command and • Service Modules

5. Stage I-C • Powered by let 5 F-1 engines • “Maximum Thrust” Segment of flight for speeds to escape Earth Orbit • Basically a large fuel tank with attached engines

6. Stage I-C

7. Stage I-C • 138 Feet long • 33 feet in diameter • Fueled by 203,000 gallons of RP-1 Kero and 331,000 gallons of LOX • 2.5 minutes of thrust to reach a height of 38 miles

8. Liftoff See the launch here (Apollo 11)

9. Stage I Separation • See the Stage I separation prior to Stage II ignition.

10. Stage S-II • Powered by 5 J-2 Engines • Another “fuel and engine stage” • Thrusts rocket from upper atmosphere to a higher altitude in space

12. Stage S-II • 82 Feet long • 33 feet in diameter • Fueled by 260,000 gallons of Liquid Hydrogen and 83,000 gallons of LOX • 6 minutes of thrust to reach a height of 115 miles

13. Stage S-IVB • Powered by 1 J-2 Engine • First segment to make multiple burns of the engine • Will push Apollo craft into Earth orbit, then trans-Lunar trajectory

15. Stage S-IVB • 58 Feet 7 inches long • 21 feet 8 inches in diameter (Needed an adaptor to scale down) • 2.75 minutes of thrust to insert into Earth orbit, then a second 5.2 minute burn for Translunar Injection

16. Instrument Ring • Sat on top of the S-IVB stage • 21 feet 8 inches in diameter, 3 feet in height • Carried all computer and guidance systems for the Saturn I, IB, and V programs • Manufactured by IBM

17. The Guidance Computer Saturn V TI-83 6 MHz Processor 32K RAM 24KB ROM The most widely used graphing calculator BY STUDENTS! • 1 MHz Processor • 4K RAM • 32K ROM • The first major project to utilize integrated circuits (IC’s) in its construction • The most advanced computer ever built at the time

18. Command/Service Module • The top of the Saturn I and V configurations • Housed the Astronauts and the necessary life support for the trip to the moon • Utilized in all the manned Apollo flights

19. Command/Service Module • SMS Engine allowed craft to enter Lunar orbit and return from Moon to Earth • One Astronaut remained during Lunar Excursion to maintain ship and observe surface • Detached Command Module for reentry and splashdown

22. Lunar Module • A true spaceship, and not technically part of the Saturn V, the Lunar Module allowed landing on the moon • Two stage system (Descent and Ascent) the LM was a ferry from the CSM to the moon. • Provided key life support for Astronauts while visiting the Lunar Surface

23. Lunar Module

24. Inside the Lunar Module

25. References • National Air and Space Museum (April, 2010) Saturn V: America’s Moon Rocket Retrieved from http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/GAL114/SpaceRace/sec300/sec384.htm • National Air and Space Museum (April, 2010) The Apollo Program: Saturn V Retrieved from http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/saturnv.htm • National Air and Space Museum (April, 2010) The Apollo Program: Retrieved from http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/apollo.htm • Wade, Mark (2008) Saturn V Retrieved from http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/saturnv.htm

26. References • Baker, Brittany (April, 2007) Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer Retrieved from http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-471JSpring-2007/E6FEC146-250B-4AE9-A904-2DAB3F9B6024/0/bok_rev_baker.pdf • Duncan, John (May, 2008) Saturn V Retrieved from http://www.apollosaturn.com/s5news/p2-7.htm • Ramsley, Ken (June, 2009) Design does not happen in one step Retrieved from http://kenramsley.com/2009/06/13/design-does-not-happen-in-one-step/ •  Wade, Mark (2008) Saturn V Retrieved from Wade, Mark (2008) Saturn V Retrieved from http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/saturnv.htm

27. References • The Saturn V Launches (2010) Retrieved from http://www.chronomaddox.com/blog_support/200412/Saturn_V_launches.jpg • The Saturn V (2010) Retrieved from http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Saturn%20V.jpg • NASA (2010) Apollo Retrieved from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/ index.html