Gunshots Damage Historic Saturn V Moon Rocket - Space.com

Gunshots Damage Historic Saturn V Moon Rocket
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It is among the skirting that would interface with the [Saturn V's] instrument unit, where there are ridged stiffeners," he said. "It hit on the ridge of one of the stiffeners and dented it in pretty well. As it hit a straight metal surface, ...

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Gunshots damage historic Saturn V rocket - collectSPACE.com


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Gunshots damage historic Saturn V rocket
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It is among the skirting that would interface with the [Saturn V's] instrument unit, where there are ridged stiffeners," he said. "It hit on the ridge of one of the stiffeners and dented it in pretty well. As it hit a straight metal surface, ...

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Talking to the Farside: Apollo S-IVB Stage Relay (1963) - Wired News

Talking to the Farside: Apollo S-IVB Stage Relay (1963)
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The ring-shaped Instrument Unit, a rocket guidance system, was mounted on top of the S-IVB stage in both the Saturn V and Saturn IB rockets. Image: NASA. The S-IVB would rely for attitude control on the ring-shaped Instrument Unit (IU), the Saturn V's ...

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Manned Asteroid Flyby Mission (1966) - Wired News

Manned Asteroid Flyby Mission (1966)
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Smith noted, however, that a Mars flyby mission would likely be so heavy that placing all of its components and propellants into space would need either a Saturn V rocket with a nuclear-thermal upper stage or multiple all-chemical Saturn Vs followed by ...

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