Páginas:262Géneros:12:GB:Encyclopaedias&referenceworks12:TRP:Aerospace&aviationtechnologySinopsis:DesignedbyWernhervonBraunandArthurRudolphatNASA'sMarshallSpaceFlightCenter,theSaturnVrocketrepresentsthepinnacleof20thCenturytechnologicalachievement.TheonlylaunchvehicleinhistorytotransportastronautsbeyondLowEarthOrbit,theSaturnVdelivered24mentothemoon.Tothisdayitholdsrecordsasthetallest(363feet),heaviest(nearly7millionlbs.)andmostpowerful(over7.6millionpounds-forceofthrust)launchvehicleeverproduced.Italsoremainsoneofthemostreliable,achieving12successfullauncheswithonepartialfailure-theunmannedApollo6whichsufferedvibrationdamageonlift-off,resultinginasub-standardorbit.TheSaturnseriesofrocketsresultedfromVonBraun'sworkontheGermanV-2andJupiterseriesrockets.TheSaturnI,a2-stageliquid-fueledrocket,flewtentimesbetween1961and1965.Aupratedversionthe1BcarriedthefirstcrewedApolloflightintoorbitin1968.TheSaturnV,whichfirstflewin1967,wasathree-stagerocket.Thefirststage,whichburnedRP-1andLOX,consistedoffiveF-1engines.ThesecondstageusedfiveJ-2engineswhichburnedLOXandliquidhydrogen(LH2).Thethirdstage,basedonthesecondstageoftheSaturn1B,carriedasingleJ-2.TheSaturnVcouldcarryupto262,000poundstoLowEarthOrbitandmorecritically,100,000poundstotheMoon.CreatedbyNASAasasingle-sourcereferenceastothecharacteristicsandfunctionsoftheSaturnV,thismanualwasstandardissuetotheastronautsoftheApolloandSkylaberas.ItcontainsinformationabouttheSaturnVsystem,rangesafetyandinstrumentation,monitoringandcontrol,prelaunchevents,andpogooscillations.Itprovidesafascinatingoverviewoftherocketthatmade"onegiantleapformankind"possible._,
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