NASA artist illustrations and cutaways of Saturn vehicles
Rusty Barton
these interesting NASA artist illustration slides of
Saturn and Apollo hardware. Many of them are cutaway
drawings.
Some of these I had not seen before. I thought people
might find them interesting.
Most of these are available in thumbnail, medium and
large sizes (100x100, 640x480 & 1140x900).
Saturn-Nova Comparison - 1962
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9902050.html
Module Nova Concept - 1961
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9902051.html
Module Nova Concept - 1961
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801755.html
Nova Launch Vehicle - 1961
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801756.html
Saturn Launch Vehicles Chart - 1960's
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801767.html
Saturn Engines Comparison Chart - 1963
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9903406.html
Saturn I Launch Vehicle Characteristics Cutaway
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100529.html
Cutaway of Saturn I S-I Stage
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801761.html
Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
Pegasus
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801797.html
Saturn I Launch Vehicle Cutaway
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100530.html
Saturn 1 Launch Summary - 1970's?
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100531.html
RL-10 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801769.html
H-1 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100532.html
H-1 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100533.html
H-1 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801768.html
J-2 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801770.html
J-2 Engine Fact Sheet
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9264930.html
F-1 Engine
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801771.html
F-1 Engine Fact Sheet
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9264931.html
Saturn IB Launch Vehicle Cutaway
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-6868469.html
Saturn IB Launch Vehicle - Cutaway - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100800.html
Saturn IB Launch Vehicle Characteristics - Metric - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100801.html
Saturn IB Launch Vehicle - Characteristics and Missions - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100802.html
Saturn IB Vehicle Configurations - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100803.html
Saturn IB Second Stage (S-IVB Stage) - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100805.html
Saturn IB/V Instrument Unit (IU) Configuration
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100806.html
Saturn IB Launch Summary - 1973
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100804.html
Saturn V Launch Vehicle Configuration - 1965
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-6520298.html
Saturn V Vehicle Configuration - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0102553.html
Artist concept of Saturn V and Saturn I Apollo vehicles - 1967
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S67-28065
Saturn V Typical Mission Profile - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9903826.html
Illustration of Saturn V Launch Vehicle - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100979.html
Saturn V Launch Vehicle Configuration - March 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9253429.html
Diagram of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle in Metric - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9903403.html
Diagram of Saturn V Launch Vehicle - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100980.html
Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100981.html
Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100982.html
Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9903033.html
Saturn V S-II (Second) Stage - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801810.html
Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100983.html
Saturn V Instrument Unit (IU) - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100984.html
Saturn V Apollo Spacecraft
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100985.html
Cutaway Illustration of the Apollo Spacecraft - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101140.html
Cutaway Illustration of the Command Module - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101138.html
Cutaway Illustration of the Service Module - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101139.html
Lunar Module Illustration - 1969
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101206.html
Lunar Module Illustration - 1967
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101207.html
Saturn Missions and Configurations Chart - 1975
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801782.html
Skylab Illustration - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101536.html
Skylab Components in Launch Configuration
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801796.html
Skylab Shroud Separation - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101587.html
Cutaway View of Skylab Orbital Workshop - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101589.html
Cutaway View of the Skylab Orbital Workshop - 1973
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101590.html
Skylab Orbiter Workshop Illustration - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101588.html
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab 1 Orbital
Workshop - 1973
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S73-24315
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab 1 Orbital
Workshop - 1973
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S73-23918
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab 1 Orbital
Workshop - 1973
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S73-23919
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab 1 Orbital
Workshop - 1973
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S73-24316
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab 1 Orbital
Workshop - 1971
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S71-55995
The Skylab Airlock Module - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801812.html
The Skylab Airlock Module Cutaway - 1968
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801813.html
The Skylab Airlock Module - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101643.html
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab Airlock Module -
1971
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S71-55994
Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101321.html
Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101322.html
Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1971
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101323.html
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab Apollo Telescope
Mount - 1971
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S71-55997
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Apollo Telescope Mount -
1970
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S70-00475
Multiple Docking Adapter Illustration - 1972
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101324.html
Internal Arrangement of the Multiple Docking
Adapter Illustration - 1970
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101325.html
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab multiple docking
adapter - 1971
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S71-55996
Artist's concept illustrating cutaway view of Skylab Rescue Command
Module - 1973
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S73-31922
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Configuration
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101489.html
Space Vehicles for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101490.html
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101491.html
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101492.html
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101493.html
Artist's concept of docked Apollo/Soyuz spacecraft - 1975
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S75-27290
Apollo Soyuz
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-73A-S1905B.html
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OM
wrote:
>I was searching on NASA picture websites and I found
>these interesting NASA artist illustration slides of
>Saturn and Apollo hardware. Many of them are cutaway
>drawings.
>
>Some of these I had not seen before. I thought people
>might find them interesting.
...What's interesting is that MIX is really how NASA as a whole needs
to be running their image galleries. Each photo with a serious
detailed description and a thumbnail.
>Saturn-Nova Comparison - 1962
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9902050.html
...I'd seen WvB standing in front of this diagram on one of the
documentaries - possibly the "Nova: To The Moon" special from a few
years back. It's essentially the same thing as the Saturn C-8 concept.
>Module Nova Concept - 1961
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9902051.html
...This demonstrates that the number after the C- does not necessarily
designate the number of first stage engines, as the C-3 only had two
F-1's.
>Module Nova Concept - 1961
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801755.html
...Ya gotta love that little house next to the big Nova for scale!
"Ward? The Beaver's about to launch his rocket again in the back
yard!"
"I'll talk to him, dear."
>Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
..."Blowout Panels (8)"?? Were these part of the actual design in the
end?
>Saturn IB Vehicle Configurations - 1968
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100803.html
..."Standard nose fairing"??
>Saturn IB Second Stage (S-IVB Stage) - 1968
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100805.html
...Interesting how they illustrate the interstage skirt as part of the
S-IVB and not the IB first stage.
>Saturn V Launch Vehicle Configuration - 1965
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-6520298.html
...Note the engine configs on the test articles. Was this used in
actuality?
>Saturn V Vehicle Configuration - 1967
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0102553.html
..."Battleship Test Stages"? Jeez, if CT sees this diagram, the little
troll will start claiming it's proof that the Saturn V was developed
as part of a nuclear war program again!
>Cutaway View of Skylab Orbital Workshop - 1972
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101589.html
>Cutaway View of the Skylab Orbital Workshop - 1973
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101590.html
...Cool! I can use these on my Skylab Trainer page!
>The Skylab Airlock Module - 1968
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801812.html
...Especially this one, which shows the Gemini hatch that certain
people questioned dumbly about.
>Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1972
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101321.html
>
>
>Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1971
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101322.html
>
>
>Apollo Telescope Mount Illustration - 1971
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101323.html
>Internal Arrangement of the Multiple Docking
>Adapter Illustration - 1970
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101325.html
....ooh! More images for the Trainer page :-)
>Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Configuration
>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0101489.html
...And the ASTP Docking Module pages too :-)
OM
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Henry Spencer
OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> wrote:
>>Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
>>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
>
>..."Blowout Panels (8)"?? Were these part of the actual design in the
>end?
Hmm, interesting question. That suggests that they planned "fire in the
hole" staging for the Saturn I -- ignition before separation. But
technical details on the Saturn I are a bit hard to find, and I don't
know offhand just how its staging was done.
>>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100805.html
>...Interesting how they illustrate the interstage skirt as part of the
>S-IVB and not the IB first stage.
That was standard for the Saturns -- the interstages were built as part of
the stage above, not the stage below, although they mostly remained with
the stage below after separation.
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ed kyle
> In article <cqgfkv8umg3se1n90...@4ax.com>,
> OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> wrote:
> >>Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
> >>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
> >
> >..."Blowout Panels (8)"?? Were these part of the actual design in the
> >end?
>
> Hmm, interesting question. That suggests that they planned "fire in the
> hole" staging for the Saturn I -- ignition before separation. But
> technical details on the Saturn I are a bit hard to find, and I don't
> know offhand just how its staging was done.
>
According "MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MPR-SAT-FE-64-18,
"RESULTS OF THE SIXTH SATURN I LAUNCH VEHICLE TEST FLIGHT
(SA-6)", the Saturn I first/second stage separation involved
ullage rockets igniting on the S-IV stage, followed by stage
separation about 0.18 second later. At stage separation,
retro-rockets on the S-I stage fired upward. The S-IV engines
ignited about 1.63 seconds after stage separation. The S-IV
ullage rockets were jettisoned about 10 seconds after staging.
And yes, the blowout panels (there were 8 of them) were used
in the Saturn I, Block II vehicles. Keep searching for "S-IV"
stage on NIX and you should find some good photos of this
hardware. The interstage blow ports came into play a bit more
than 8 seconds before stage separation, when the S-IV LOX
Prestart event occured. At this time, the ports were blown
open, presumably to vent LOX gases. The S-IV LH2 prestart
(chilldown) occurred about 42 seconds before staging.
(I recall reading in another reference that Douglas had
struggled with chilldown hydrogen gas venting when developing
the S-IV stage. I think that hydrogen vent pipe "stacks" were
added for this purpose.)
- Ed Kyle
OM
wrote:
>In article <cqgfkv8umg3se1n90...@4ax.com>,
>OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> wrote:
>>>Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
>>>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
>>
>>..."Blowout Panels (8)"?? Were these part of the actual design in the
>>end?
>
>Hmm, interesting question. That suggests that they planned "fire in the
>hole" staging for the Saturn I -- ignition before separation. But
>technical details on the Saturn I are a bit hard to find, and I don't
>know offhand just how its staging was done.
...From the footage I've seen of Saturn 1 staging, it appears to have
been the same as with the 1B. However, that's from the outside, and
I've yet to see camera footage of the S-IV igniting and shooting away
from the inside of the interstage. IIRC, *you* told me years ago it
existed :-)
...Still, the "fire in the hole" method may have been intended at the
start. What resources are out there that deal with "Cluster's Last
Stand" that go into detail?
>>>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-0100805.html
>>...Interesting how they illustrate the interstage skirt as part of the
>>S-IVB and not the IB first stage.
>
>That was standard for the Saturns -- the interstages were built as part of
>the stage above, not the stage below, although they mostly remained with
>the stage below after separation.
...Or separated shortly after from the stage above, as we tend to get
reminded from that footage ad nauseum :-)
ed kyle
> he...@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote in message news:<HK3E1...@spsystems.net>...
> > In article <cqgfkv8umg3se1n90...@4ax.com>,
> > OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> wrote:
> > >>Cutaway of Saturn I S-IV Stage
> > >>http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/MSFC-9801758.html
> > >
> > >..."Blowout Panels (8)"?? Were these part of the actual design in the
> > >end?
> >
> > Hmm, interesting question. That suggests that they planned "fire in the
> > hole" staging for the Saturn I -- ignition before separation. But
> > technical details on the Saturn I are a bit hard to find, and I don't
> > know offhand just how its staging was done.
> >
>
> According "MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MPR-SAT-FE-64-18,
> "RESULTS OF THE SIXTH SATURN I LAUNCH VEHICLE TEST FLIGHT
> (SA-6)", the Saturn I first/second stage separation involved
> ullage rockets igniting on the S-IV stage, followed by stage
> separation about 0.18 second later. At stage separation,
> retro-rockets on the S-I stage fired upward. The S-IV engines
> ignited about 1.63 seconds after stage separation. The S-IV
> ullage rockets were jettisoned about 10 seconds after staging.
>
This is shown on one of the Spacecraft Films DVDs that has
on-board film shot looking up at the departing S-IV stage
during one of the Saturn I Block II missions. Ullage rockets
push the S-IV away, each of the RL-10s blink brilliantly to
ife in succession, and the stage quickly departs. I found the
S-IV film to be more spectacular than the oft-shown S-IVB
footage.
> And yes, the blowout panels (there were 8 of them) were used
> in the Saturn I, Block II vehicles. Keep searching for "S-IV"
> stage on NIX and you should find some good photos of this
> hardware. The interstage blow ports came into play a bit more
> than 8 seconds before stage separation, when the S-IV LOX
> Prestart event occured. At this time, the ports were blown
> open, presumably to vent LOX gases.
>
Here is a decent look at the blowout panel configuration
on the base of the SA-9 S-I/S-IV interstage.
- Ed Kyle