NASA Saturn V 1967-1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab) - Haynes Owners Workshop Manual Series

A new addition to Haynes's growing range of 'space' manuals, currently including: Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Soyuz, Lunar Rover, NASA Mars Rovers, NASA Gemini, NASA Voyager 1 & 2, NASA Hubble Space Telescope, Rockets, North American X-15, Earth and Moon. The detailed technical story of man's largest and most powerful rocket to date, featuring a wealth of imagery and technical illustrations from the NASA archive. The background to the Apollo and Saturn programmes. The development story for each of the rocket's three stages, with easily digestible technical insight - S-1C, the troublesome S-II and the final S-IVB stage. The astonishing and brutal first-stage F1 engines, five of which propelled the Saturn V from the launch pad. The J-2 engine, which propelled the second stage of the rocket into Earth orbit, and then took the third stage out of Earth orbit and towards the Moon. The 'instrument unit', which controlled the rocket and guided it to its destination. The ascent of the Saturn V - the timeline of a typical launch with insight into each step of the journey. Skylab 1 - the space station build around the core of a Saturn V S-IVB stage.

ISBN:	9780857338280
Publisher:	Haynes Publishing
Imprint:	Haynes
Published date:	22 Jul 2016
Language:	English
Number of pages:	172
Weight:	774g
Height:	220mm
Width:	278mm
Spine width:	16mm

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