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Aircraft History
This month we feature our first rocket in Aviation History. Since it is the first rocket it should be possiblly the greatest rocket ever constructed, in my opinion, that would be the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V was the chosen vehicle that took mankind to the moon thru Project Apollo and gave mankind it’s first residence in space thru Skylab. The tallest launch vehicle yet flow by man stood 363 feet tall and weighed more than 6 million pounds. It’s fuel was RP-1 (Kerosene), which burned with the help of LOX (liquid oxyen) to produce 8.7 million pounds of total thrust (7.5 million pounds the first stage, 1 million second stage and 200,000 third stage).
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The Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and was the largest of the Saturn family of rockets. Many of the nations top aircraft and aerospace manufactures and leading technology companies joined forces to create the Saturn V, with Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM as the lead contractors.
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Check your Calendar
We have a lot of events planed for 2012 so be sure to check our Calendar page to see what’s going on at Tri-State Model Flyers Inc. Some of the dates and events are subject to change so check back often to get the latest information on up coming events. You don't’ want to miss out on the fun and fellowship.
TSMFClub YouTube Channel
This year Tri-State Model Flyers videos will be posted in our own You Tube Channel... http://www.youtube.com/TSMFClub
You Tube offers more than we currently have on our site, it offers HD videos streaming, a higher bandwidth and this will also give us another location to promote our club and hobby.
Saturn IV rocket on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Huntsville Alabama. Click on the image above for a full resolution image.
NASA launched 1 3 Saturn V’s from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from 1967 to 1973. The Saturn V is the only launch vehicle to take man past the bounds of low earth orbit and deliver 24 men to the moon and return them home safely. While not all flights were without problems, the Saturn V can boast that it never lost a crew in flight or any payload.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Country : United States
Size
Height : 363.0 feet (110.6 m)
Diameter : 33.0 feet (10.1 m)
Mass
6,699,000 pounds (3,039,000 kg)
Stages : 3
Capacity
Payload to LEO (low earth orbit) : 262,000 pounds (119,000 kg)
Payload to TLI (trans lunar insertion) : (100,000 pounds (45,000 kg))
Learn more about the Saturn V by following the links below
NASA ~ Where it all started
Wikipedia.com ~ Great resource for just about anything
Boeing.com ~ Responsible for the first stage of the Saturn V
History.com ~ Evolution of the Saturn V Rocket
YouTube ~ Apollo 8 launch first trip to the moon
YouTube ~ Apollo 11 launch first lunar landing
YouTube ~ President Kennedy’s moon speech
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