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  2. Saturn V instrument unit - Wikipedia

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    Available online:PDF According to this, the ASC-15 and the ST-90 were used in the active guidance system, while the ST-124 was part of the passenger system. "Saturn V Flight Manual SA-507." A 244-page description of Saturn-Apollo 507, dated 5 October 1969. Includes a chapter about the instrument unit (Section VII, PDF page 149). Available on ...

  3. Launch escape system - Wikipedia

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    The Orion spacecraft, which was developed to follow the Space Shuttle program, uses a Mercury and Apollo-style escape rocket system, while an alternative system, called the Max Launch Abort System (MLAS), [4] was investigated and would have used existing solid-rocket motors integrated into the bullet-shaped protective launch shroud.

  4. Rocketdyne J-2 - Wikipedia

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    The J-2, commonly known as Rocketdyne J-2, 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 cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH 2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) propellants, with each engine producing 1,033.1 kN (232,250 lb f) of thrust in vacuum.

  5. Rocketdyne F-1 - Wikipedia

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    The reduction in parts costs is aided by using selective laser melting in the production of some metallic parts. [ 13 ] [ 18 ] The resulting F-1B engine is intended to produce 1,800,000 lbf (8.0 MN) of thrust at sea level, a 15% increase over the approximate 1,550,000 lbf (6.9 MN) of thrust that the mature Apollo 15 F-1 engines produced.

  6. Saturn IB - Wikipedia

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    In 1973, the year after the Apollo lunar program ended, three Apollo CSM/Saturn IBs ferried crews to the Skylab space station. In 1975, one last Apollo/Saturn IB launched the Apollo portion of the joint US-USSR Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). A backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready for a Skylab rescue mission, but never ...

  7. Cher recalls stopping Phil Spector in his tracks when he ...

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    Cher got a glimpse of Phil Spector’s dark side.. Years before the music producer shot and killed Lana Clarkson at his home in 2003 — for which he was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison ...

  8. New York prosecutors may have trouble proving first-degree ...

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    The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well ...

  9. Apollo command and service module - Wikipedia

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    On the Apollo 6 uncrewed Block I flight, the SM was painted white to match the command module's appearance. On Apollo 1, Apollo 4, and all the Block II spacecraft, the SM walls were left unpainted except for the EPS and ECS radiators, which were white. The EPS and ECS radiators were redesigned for Block II.