to place man on the moon and safely
return him to earth is a national goal
of the people of the United States
recommended by the President and
approved by Congress this is part of the
national aeronautics and space
administration major objective which is
to begin the exploration of space and
the solar system by man himself the
marshall space flight center at all
matters of NASA and the nation's
industrial complex are now working full
blast on are manned lunar landing
program dr. Wernher von Braun director
marshall space flight center i have
always considered President Kennedy's
commitment that we are going to put men
on the moon in this decade at the kind
of signal reflect this very clearly
defined universally understandable which
cannot be debated everybody one knows
what the moon is but this decade is what
it means to get some people there and
bring them back
it puts the programming of focus in a
very beautiful clear and concise week
here's the method which we plan our moon
mission the Apollo spacecraft will be
carried to the moon by the Saturn five
vehicles now under development the
three-state Saturn five including the
spacecraft payload will stand the 350
feet tall higher than the capital at
washington DC it will be capable of
carrying about 90,000 pounds from the
earth to the moon
the first stage of the rocket yes 1c
stage producing seven-and-a-half million
pounds trust is now under joint
development by Boeing Company and the
marshall center it's five huge engines
produce a total horsepower roughly
equivalent to a string of automobiles
that would reach bumper-to-bumper across
the United States the second stage of a
vehicle vs to stage is under development
by the space and information systems
division of North American Aviation this
liquid hydrogen fuel stage alone is
taller than the Atlas rocket which was
used for the manned orbital flight it is
three times the diameter of the atlas
the third stage the pattern s4b is under
development by Douglas Aircraft
Corporation the single j2 engine of the
liquid hydrogen propulsion systems will
provide 200,000 pounds of thrust of
Saturn 5 has an instrument unit in the
upper end of the s for stage which
contains all of the guidance and control
instrumentation which keeps the Saturn
five on a designated flight back above
this is the lunar excursion module the
service module containing
instrumentation and a propulsion system
and at the top is the man command module
the use of a lunar landing bugged the
place man on the moon is necessarily
complicated but it is the preferred
method of reaching the moon in the
shortest time with the greatest safety
for the passengers
when firing time nears the three
thousand ton monster is directed at the
Cape Canaveral spaceport and the moment
amounts of liquid oxygen kerosene and
liquid hydrogen are pumped into the fuel
thing after a final check out the three
chosen after not already for their
historic flight to the moon with the
moon and the earth in the optimum
position for the flight
the mighty engines are ignited the long
it moves ponderously from the launchpad
quickly gaining speed as it rises
within two and a half minutes the first
stage has performed function after the
first stage of burned it is jettison and
the second stage ignited booting the
lead to more than 12,000 miles per hour
the second sale now drops off and the
third stage of nice placing the man the
upper stages in a parking orbit around
the earth until they reach a point where
they are aimed toward the move
it is not necessary to force liquid fuel
to the bottom of the tank by firing
small pockets the third stage engine
reignite accelerating the 90,000 pounds
spacecraft toward the moon at 25,000
miles per hour
the metal bearing the next relief
freeing the lunar excursion module
always turned 180 degrees and connected
nose-to-nose to the bug with this
complete the s for stage is separated
and discarded
now position calculations are made by
the advert on with the assistance of
computations transmitted from the earth
mid-course maneuvers are performed to
collect the Apollo course toward the
moon the single rocket engine within the
Apollo is ignited when the spacecraft
reaches a point about 60 miles above the
moon slowing the craft and allowing it
to enter a lunar orbit
two of the three astronaut now we
through the opening between the command
module and the bug and enter the bug
the bird after not remained behind to
maintain constant communication with the
earth and with the two moon explorers
during this period the Apollo and bugs
are continuing and orbit at an altitude
of 60 miles above the surface of the
Moon the astronauts examine the moon
landing spot and make a final check out
of the equipment the man bugs changes to
an orbit bringing it closer to the
surface of the moon when it arrives at
the closest point to the moon a blast of
its rocket engine slows it enough to
allow it to drop from its altitude of 11
miles above the move from this point a
landing site is selected as the
astronauts near the surface Rockets fire
to permit the bug to hover above its
landing spot if necessary the spacecraft
can be moved 1,000 feet laterally to
reach the landing-place with the two
passengers in complete control they
still have the capability at this point
of blasting off to rejoin the earth
return vehicle in any safety hazards
appear
with the division made to land the
landing legs are extended and the
landing bug is maneuvered to its lunar
resting place
the exploration team will remain on the
moon for as long as seven days they will
gather soil and walk several and we'll
check radiation photographs will be
taken of surface features and the
heavens as viewed from the moon various
other scientific investigations and
measurements will be made only one man
at a time
leave the bug
when the Explorers are ready to leave
the moon the upper portion of the craft
is launched and the lower section left
behind the ball moves up to the orbital
path of the main Apollo which has been
circling the moon during the moon
exploration the two vehicles rendezvous
and join in the lunar orbit the
passengers transfer to the command
module joining the third astronaut the
three astronauts prepare for the return
trip
the bug is separated and started being
allowed to continue its moon orbits the
Apollo is accelerated into the return
path to work at 250,000 miles from the
earth the spacecraft is aimed at the
proper earth reentry fan it must
re-enter in a corridor only 40 miles
wide
otherwise the ship would miss the earth
or crash directly in the Earth
destroying itself by the reentry heat
near the earth the instrument section is
jettison the man's nose section has
turned to permit elite protected side of
the castle to face the proper direction
for re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere
when the spacecraft drops to an altitude
of two miles above the earth parachutes
deployed to ease the spacecraft to a
safe landing with the moon explorers
safely returned from this greatest
adventure of mankind the way will be
cleared for the future the exploration
of the planet
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