The Saturn V dynamic test vehicle, designated SA-500D, is a prototype Saturn V rocket used by NASA to test the performance of the rocket when vibrated...
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Saturn V dynamic test stand, also known as dynamic structural test facility, at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama is the...
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use as an S-IB dynamic test stage. Donated by NASA/MSFC to the State of Alabama at the same time as the Saturn V dynamic test vehicle and now on display...
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local landmark, and on to the Space Shuttle. The Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle, SA-500D, the only Saturn V of the three on display to have been brought together...
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The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket...
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The Saturn IB (also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
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on the day before he was assassinated.: 128 To date, the Saturn V is the only launch vehicle from the Apollo Space Program to transport human beings beyond...
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SA-500F (redirect from Facilities Integration Vehicle)
(alternately SA500F, 500F, or Facilities Integration Vehicle) was a Saturn V test model used by NASA to test facilities at Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy...
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Saturn-Apollo 3 (SA-3) was the third flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, the second flight of Project Highwater, and part of the American Apollo program...
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Propulsion and Structural Test Facility Redstone Test Stand Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand Saturn V Launch Vehicle The National Historic Landmarks...
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Alan Shepard (category American test pilots)
S. Space & Rocket Center, home to both the Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle and a full-scale vertical Saturn V replica) was designated the "Admiral Alan B...
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Stennis Space Center (redirect from Mississippi Test Facility)
workmen at the A-2 test stand successfully captive-fired for 15 seconds the S-II-T, Structural and Dynamic Test Vehicle for the Saturn V second stage, in...
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S-IVB (redirect from Saturn S-IVB)
(pronounced "S-four-B") was the third stage on the Saturn V and second stage on the Saturn IB launch vehicles. Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, it had...
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N1 (rocket) (category Space launch vehicles of the Soviet Union)
heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit. The N1 was the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V and was intended to...
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Apollo (spacecraft) (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
Saturn IBs for three Skylab Earth orbital missions and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The major part of the Apollo spacecraft was a three-man vehicle...
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largely devoted to the Apollo Program, with the Saturn family of launch vehicles designed and tested at MSFC. MSFC also had a major role in post-Apollo...
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as the first stage of a complete Saturn V at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SA-500D, the Dynamic Test Vehicle, is on display at the U.S. Space and...
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Test Track is a high-speed slot car thrill ride manufactured by Dynamic Attractions located in World Discovery at Epcot, a theme park at the Walt Disney...
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was a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine used on NASA's Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. Built in the United States by Rocketdyne, the J-2 burned...
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S-II (redirect from Saturn S-II)
The S-II (pronounced "S-two") was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by North American Aviation. Using liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid...
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was used for dynamic testing of the complete Saturn I before being later flown. In May 1961 NASA eliminated the requirement for all Saturn I launches to...
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A-002 (category Test spaceflights)
escape vehicle in the maximum dynamic pressure region of the Saturn trajectory with conditions approximating the altitude limit at which the Saturn emergency...
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A-003 (category Test spaceflights)
per second) launch vehicle. The Mach number, dynamic pressure, and altitude at the time of abort were similar to Saturn IB or Saturn V launch trajectory...
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Boilerplate (spaceflight) (category Test spaceflights)
commonly used to test crewed spacecraft; for example, in the early 1960s, NASA performed many tests using boilerplate Apollo spacecraft atop Saturn I rockets...
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Retrieved April 25, 2022. Two or possibly three Saturn V's would have been required to put this vehicle into orbit, and some on-orbit assembly would be...
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Energia (rocket) (category Space launch vehicles of the Soviet Union)
rocket. A non-functional prototype ("structural test vehicle") of the Energia M still exists in the Dynamic Test Stand facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Energia-2...
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Ares I-X (category Test spaceflights)
only test flight of a launch vehicle like the Ares I. The test flight objectives included: Demonstrating control of a dynamically similar vehicle using...
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Hydrogen technologies (section Hydrogen vehicles)
partially or completely propelled by hydrogen fuel: Saturn V (upper stage) Space Shuttle Ariane 5 Delta IV Atlas V (Centaur upper stage) CE-20 (cryogenic rocket...
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Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved December 28, 2020. NASA (February 1967). "Saturn V Quarterly Report #16 Sep–Nov 1966 Part 1 of 2". NASA. Archived from the...
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Apollo command and service module (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
details to NASA. Block I spacecraft were used for all uncrewed Saturn 1B and Saturn V test flights. Initially two crewed flights were planned, but this...
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