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The first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle starts the Apollo spacecraft, with

three astronauts aboard, on the journey to the moon. The second and third stages

place the spacecraft in earth orbit and on the trajectory to the moon.

The Apollo Program is directed by NASA’s office of Manned Space Flight. The

Marshall Center is providing the Saturn launch vehicles. The Manned Spacecraft

Center at Houston is providing the three separate modules of the spacecraft,

selecting and training the astronauts, and will operate the Mission Control Center.

The Kennedy Space Center in Florida will launch the astronauts on their epic flight.

When fully operational, the Saturn V will be able to launch into orbit more than

a quarter of a million pounds. The total orbiting tonnage in the lunar mission will

be about 280,000 pounds. This includes the weight of the third stag and instru-

ment unit section. The fully fueled and loaded Apollo Spacecraft, in its lunar

mission configuration, will weigh about 95,000 pounds.

The Saturn V, with its Apollo payload, is 365 feet tall. Physical and performance

characteristics of the stages, in a mission such as the lunar trip, are as follows:

First Stage

The first stage burns over 15 tons of propellants per second during its two and

one-half minutes of operation to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles

and to a speed of about 6,000 miles-per-hour. The stage is 138 feet long and

33 feet in diameter.

Second Stage

The second stages burns over one ton of propellants per second during about six

and one-half minutes of operation to take the vehicle to an altitude of about 108

miles and a speed of near orbital velocity, which in this case is about 17,400

miles-per-hour. It is 33 feet in diameter and 81½ feet long.

Third Stage

The third stage has two important operations during the Project Apollo lunar

mission. After the second stage drops away, the third ignites and burns for about

two minutes to place itself and the spacecraft into the desired earth orbit. At the

proper time during this earth parking orbit, the third stage is re-ignited to speed

the Apollo spacecraft to escape velocity of 24,900 miles per hour. In this second

sequence, the stage burns for about six minutes. The stage is 58 feet long and

21.7 feet in diameter.

Instrument Unit

The instrument unit, located atop the third stage, between the stage and the

payload, contains guidance and control equipment for the launch vehicle. It is 3

feet long and 21.7 feet in diameter.

Apollo Spacecraft

Command Module: 13 feet in diameter; weight, 11,000 pounds.

Service Module: 13 feet in diameter, 22 feet high; weight, 52,000 pounds; 22,000-

pound thrust engine.

Lunar Module: Two stage; total weight, 32,000 pounds. Descent engine’s thrust can

be varied from 1,050 to 10,500 pounds.

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SATURN V The first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle starts the Apollo spacecraft, with three astronauts aboard, on the journey to the moon. The second and third stages place the spacecraft in earth orbit and on the trajectory to the moon. The Apollo Program is directed by NASA’s office of Manned Space Flight. The Marshall Center is providing the Saturn launch vehicles.
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