Motion Pictures
Saturn First Stage
Two 16 mm Milliken movie cameras mounted on the forward end of the first stage will record first and second stage separation, operation of the second stage ullage rockets and J-2 engine ignition.
The cameras will begin operating approximately three seconds before stage separation and will be ejected 25 seconds after separation at an altitude of about 49 miles.
The cameras are enclosed in waterproof capsules. The capsules have aluminum shells and stainless steel nose sections, quartz windows, reentry equipment and recovery aids.
During descent, paraballoons inflate at approximately 14,000 feet to keep the capsules afloat. Radio beacons and dye markers will assist an Air Force recovery team to locate them.
These camera systems were flown on the previous Uprated Saturn missions. One camera was retrieved on each flight.
Chrysler Corp. assembled and tested the camera packages for the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
Spacecraft
Four 16 mm Milliken motion picture cameras will be mounted in the Command Module to record instruments, chute deployment and reentry. One camera will be mounted on the flat plate in the egress hatch (in the nose of the CM) to record Jettisoning of the Apex cover, parachute deployment and reentry. The second camera is on a pallet where the right astronaut couch would be located, and will record liftoff and reentry through the right-hand window. Two instrument cameras, one on the left and one on the center, will record instruments and displays during the flight.
Camera/Location Speed/Timing 1) Apex - egress hatch 32 FPS - reentry-30,000 ft. to splashdown 2) Astro - right window 10 FPS - liftoff to T plus 10 T plus 72 to splashdown 3) Instrument - left pallet and center 10 FPS - T-45 to T Plus 10 and other significant periods
TelevisionA small television camera mounted on a cross beam atop the instrument unit will photograph the movement of the spacecraft-lunar module adapter panels as they fold back to free the spacecraft.
The panels will enclose the Apollo lunar module on later missions. They are hinged about seven feet above the instrument unit and are to fold back some 35 degrees.
An assembly of eight mirrors will allow the forward pointing camera to record the movement of all four panels. Four lights, one on each panel, will illuminate the area during camera operation.
The camera will be turned on at liftoff and will operate 12-15 minutes. It may photograph clouds and the Earth as the stage falls back into the atmosphere. It has standard commercial scan rates, 525 lines and 30 frames a second. The transmitter is located in the instrument unit.
The Antigua tracking station will monitor the transmission and record it.
The General Electrodynamics Corp. builds the television system under the direction of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
APOLLO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
The Apollo/Saturn program is directed by Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Wash., D.C., Apollo Program Director is Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, USAF, NASA's Office of Manned Space Flight. E. E. Christensen is Director of Mission Operations.
The Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., is responsible for development of the Saturn launch vehicles. Dr. Wernher von Braun is Director of the Center.
The Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, is responsible for development of the Apollo spacecraft, crew training and in-flight mission control from the Manned Flight Mission Control Center located at MSC. Dr. Robert R. Gilruth is Center Director.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Kennedy, Fla. is responsible for Apollo/Saturn launch operations. Dr. Kurt R. Debus is Center Director.
The Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., is responsible for management of the NASA Manned Space Flight Tracking Network. Dr. John F. Clark is Director.
Mission Officials:
Mission Director - Brig. Gen. C. H. Bolender, USAF, Mission Operations NASA Headquarters, Wash., D.C. Launch Director - Rocco A. Petrone, Director of Launch Operations, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Flight Director - John D. Hodge, Flight Operations, MSC, Houston Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program - Dr. Joseph F. Shea MSC, Houston Manager, Uprated Saturn I Launch Vehicle Program - Lee James MSFC, Huntsville MAJOR APOLLO/SATURN IB CONTRACTORS
SATURN IB First Stage Chrysler Corp. Space Division New Orleans H-1 Engines Rocketdyne Division North American Aviation, Inc. Canoga Park, Cal. Second Stage Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. Missile & Space Systems Div. Huntington Beach, Cal. J-2 Engine Rocketdyne Division North American Aviation, Inc. Canoga Park. Instrument Unit International Business Machines Corp. Federal Systems Division Huntsville, Ala. ST-124M Inertial Platform in the Instrument Unit Bendix Corp. Eclipse Pioneer Div. Teteboro, N.J. Apollo Spacecraft Command Module, Service Module and LEM Adapter Space & Information Systems Div. North American Aviation, Inc. Downey, Cal. Subcontractors for Major Spacecraft Systems Ablative Heat Shield Avco Research and Development Div. Material Wilmington, Mass. Brazed Honeycomb Panels Aeronca Manufacturing Co. Middletown, Ohio Command Module Attitude Control and Stabilization Engines Rocketdyne Div. of North American Aviation Canoga Park, Cal. Communications & Data System Collins Radio Co. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Control Programmer Autonetics Div. of North American Aviation Anaheim, Cal. Earth Landing (Parachute) System Northrop Corp., Ventura Div. Newbury Park, Cal. Environmental Control System AiResearch Div. of Garret Corp. Los Angeles Fuel Cell Pratt and Whitney Div. United Aircraft Corp. Hartford, Conn. Launch Escape and Pitch Control Motors Lockheed Propulsion Co., Redlands, Cal. Service Module Reaction Control System The Marquardt Corp. Van Nuys, Cal. Stabilization and Control System Honeywell, Inc. Minneapolis Telemetry Data Proceasing System Radiation Inc. Melbourne, Fla. Tower Jettison Motor Thiokol Chemical Corp. Elkton, Md. Apollo Guidance and Navigation System Design and Development Instrumentation Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. Manufacture, assembly, testing and subsystem integration AC Electronics Div. of General Motors Corp. Milwaukee Subcontractors Digital computer and display keyboards Space and Information Div. Raytheon Company Sudbury, Mass. Optical subsystem (sextant & telescope) Kollsman Instrument Corp. of Standard Kolleman Industries, Inc. Syosset, N.Y. Ground Support Equipment Apollo Spacecraft Acceptance Checkout Equipment (ACE) General Electric Co. Apollo Support Dept. Daytona Beach, Fla. Saturn 110A Checkout Computer and Display Systems Radio Corporation of America Aerospace Systems Div. Van Nuys, Cal.
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