Apollo command and service modules were flown by the united states between 1966 and 1975. Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the moon and returned photography of the lunar surface. The aj107 rocket engine is the main propulsion engine installed in the sm and, as such, constitutes a major component of the service pro. It consisted of a descent stage and an ascent stage. Apollo equipment to provide greater capability for scientific, technical, operational, and information. Nasa launched the first manned flight of the spacecraft, apollo 7, on 11oct1968.
This would have been the first manned apollo mission. The apollo spacecraft were launched into space on top of a saturn v rocket, the largest rocket ever built. Special thanks to kipp teague and chris gamble, who have scanned the images and arranged the web layout in html of these pages. Media in category drawings of spacecraft the following 66 files are in this category, out of 66 total.
Lm5 to lm9 schematics, 17 january 1969 29 mb pdf nasa document fc027. Apollo and soyuz spacecraft as configured for astp from. Official nasa project apollo drawings and technical diagrams. For anyone interested in the space programmes and apollo. Some links go to developed userfriendly web sites, such as jscs history of shuttlemir. Overview more than 210 pyrotechnic devices per apollo mission automatically or commanded from the apollo spacecraft systems onboard inflight timed controlled all devices required high reliability and safety most devices were classified as either crew safety critical or mission critical. Abstract the flightworthiness of the apollo spacecraft. Using advanced 3d scans of the apollo 11 command module columbia captured by the smithsonian digitization program office, and technical drawings in the smithsonian archives, engineering student andrew barth reverse engineered and cad modeled the entire hatch, one intricate mechanical component at a time. Yeah, skylab cutaways are a dime a dozen these days, but this illustration by frank munger is one of the nicest ive ever seen.
Apollo spacecraft launch configuration from apollo program summary report april 1975 apollo command and service modules and launch escape system from apollo program summary report april 1975 command module interior from apollo training manual. Hightemperature seals were required for gaps in the. It supplied life support systems for two astronauts for up to four to five days on the apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions. This book looks at apollo from a different view, more as technical programme showing the various ideas and concepts as well as the final solutions in the saturn rocket cm and lm that made up apollo 11. Dorling kindersley knowledge encyclopedia illustration apollo 11 stas3dart london. See more items in national air and space museum collection inventory number a1979180 credit line.
Apollo capsules flew on both saturn ib and saturn 5. Mar, 2019 official nasa project apollo drawings and technical diagrams album on imgur. How the apollo 1 fire changed spaceship design forever space. Manual control of the lm by the astronauts mode control. The document presents a brief and concise description of the as501 apollo saturn. This evolving series of diagrams should be especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see blueprints of various u. Rudy aguilar is a career and technical education teacher at apollo high school in glendale, arizona. Apollo command module heat shield at lunar reentry velocities.
I have a set of five 148 scale 24x36 inch technical drawings by david weeks and purchased through realspace models back in 1999. Technical diagrams and drawings this evolving series of diagrams should be especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see blueprints of various u. Allen assigned 2,000 boeing managers to the project under george stoner, vice president and general manager of the space division. If you wanted to install a new space sextant in the apollo 11 command. S6422331 1964 artist concept illustrating the relative sizes of the oneman mercury spacecraft, the twoman gemini spacecraft, and the threeman apollo spacecraft. Nasa outlined prospective space stations based on apollo hardware through the 1960s. Reveal the exact dimensions and configuration of each part of the spacecraft. The management objective of the apollo and skylab spacecraft operational data systems has been simple. Apollo news reference the nasagrumman apollo lunar module lm after descending to the lunar surface from lunar orbit, provides a base from which the astronauts explore the landing site and enables the astronauts to take off from the lunar surface to rendezvous and dock with the orbiting command and service modules csm. The united states space program before and during apollo, including the first time humankind landed on the moon on july 20, 1969, during apollo. The usas apollo spacecraft were designed to land astronauts on the moon. Welcome to the saturn v clinic this site is designed to aid space modelers in the creation of a complete lunar mission saturn v apollo spacecraft stack. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Our archives is the repository for more than two million aircraft and spacecraft technical and scale drawings, donated over the decades by manufacturers, the armed services, and by individual illustrators.
Engineering drawings on the lm seem to be pretty rare. Drawings on paper prepared sets peter westburg drawings. The fire that may have saved the apollo programme bbc future. Nasa asked boeing to provide apollo technical integration and evaluation tie because of its experience coordinating farflung complex programs like minuteman. The fundamentals of design drafting a students guide. Nasa apollo space program project mercury space rocket space and astronomy international space station space shuttle technical drawing space travel. Some links go to history web pages at other nasa centers, for example, at kennedy space center and john h. Apollo spacecraft launch configuration from apollo program summary report. This is a history of the apollo programme and to a lesser extent the manned spaceflight programme presented with excellent illustrations original technical drawings, extremely rare photographs, great diagrams etc and accompanied by well written and informative prose. Apollo command and service modules and launch escape system. Decrease the cost of online college degree colleges up. After 16 uncrewed vehicletesting missions and the tragedy of the apollo 1 launch pad fire, the earthorbiting apollo 7 and 9 missions tested the command and lunar modules. The surge tank was located in the left hand intermediate equipment bay. Six of the apollo missions successfully landed men on the moon and returned them safely to earth.
Weiss lyndon b, johnson spuce center houston, texas 77058 national aeronautics and space administration washington, d. Technical and scale drawings national air and space museum. Failure is not an option mission control from mercury to apollo and beyond, by gene kranz. Project apollo nasa spacecraft drawings and technical diagrams schematics of the apollo command module interior.
Using advanced 3d scans of the apollo 11 command module columbia captured by the smithsonian digitization program office, and technical drawings in the smithsonian archives, engineering student andrew barth reverse engineered and cad modeled the entire hatch, one intricate mechanical component at. The apollo 1 mission was scheduled to have been launched on february 21, 1967, with astronauts virgil grissom, edward white, and roger chaffee onboard. This page was last edited on 6 february 2012, at 19. This was a hugely complicated spacecraft compared to anything theyd built before, says allan.
It offers access to the jsc history database, other jsc history materials, and hundreds of nasa history web pages. Lunar module blueprints space and astronomy, apollo. The apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the american apollo programs goal of landing astronauts on the moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to earth. Project apollo drawings and technical diagrams nasa. Official nasa project apollo drawings and technical diagrams album on imgur. Spacecraft films wave 1 megapack apollo 11 apollo 8 the mighty saturns project gemini the mighty saturns saturn i and ib spacecraft films.
With an outside diameter of 5 meters, the orion crew module will have more than two and a half times the volume of an apollo capsule. A full dress rehearsal was in progress for the apollo 1 mission, the first manned mission in the apollo program. Apollo 1 lessons and legacies the block i hatch, as used on apollo 1, consisted of two pieces, and required pressure inside the cabin be no greater than atmospheric in order to open. Official nasa project apollo drawings and technical. Early missions were conducted using block 1 spacecraft, while later flights, including all lunar missions, were flown using block 2 spacecraft. Announced formally in 1967, the apollo applications program would focus on the support of longduration orbital flights in low earth orbit. Fearful that the soviet union was prepared to launch one or two cosmonauts on a circumlunar flight, nasa intended to send the next apollo test flight apollo 8 to the moon. Components of the orion spacecraft nasa concept orion will use an improved, larger bluntbody capsule, much like the shape of the apollo capsule figure 2. Spacecraft and rocket illustrations historic spacecraft. I have searched the internet without success looking for copies of the original engineering drawings for the apollo lunar module. The fundamentals of design drafting a students guide by daryll smith. A june to december 1968 log with approximately 125 singlesided. The apollo 1 disaster was the first major disaster that nasa encountered. The spacecraft were grouped into two major configurations.
Nasa astronauts gus grissom, edward white and roger chaffee. Can anyone advise me where i could get ideally autocad drawings of the lm. Ultimately, this design was found to meet the requirements while being the most effective within the safety goals. Catalog of apollo lunar surface geological sampling tools. The apollo standard initiator asi, was originally developedqualified for apollo electricallyinitiated pyrotechnic devices electrical sensitivity problems with the doubleelectrical sensitivity problems with the doublebridgewire design were discovered in response, the singlebridgewire apollo standard initiator.
Each apollo craft carried a crew of three astronauts and was made up of three parts. The data were extracted from the following sources. The test flight, lasting 11 days in earth orbit, was a success. Mil std7, types and definitions of engineering drawings. After the apollo 1 fire, a tragedy that killed three astronauts in 1967, nasa changed its thinking about space capsule design and safety forever. It provides access to technical standards from specifically contracted standards developing organizations sdos at no direct cost to the user via electronic subscription delivery and on a pay. The expendable singleuse spacecraft consisted of a combined command and service module csm and an apollo lunar module lm. For more information about orion and the vision for space exploration, visit.
The as501 mission is an unmanned, elliptical earth orbital flight. Where necessary, for clarification, addirional related information has been included. The earliest flights didnt carry human crews and were meant to test the launch vehicle and the apollo spacecraft before attempting a lunar mission. Apollo system is captive to msc and is more representative of the future situation with multicenter data management functions.
Drawing from apollo 14 lunar surface procedures 1970. A third outer layer, the boost protective hatch cover, is not shown. Demonstrate structure and thermal integrity, and cmpati biliry of the launch vehicle and spacecraft, and determine structural. The apollo lunar module was a separate vehicle designed to land on the moon and return to lunar orbit, and was the first true spaceship since it flew solely in the vacuum of space. Lta8 now hangs from the ceiling in a building at space center houston. I think it would be much more informative to the apollo program history to rename the article to something like apollo spacecraft feasibility study and include as much information as we can find about all three designs, not just focusing on ges. The content presented in the fundamentals of design drafting text is written to. Introduction welcome to the fundamentals of design drafting. Lmags operating manual, flight program 6, july 1969, trw document 111766033t000, revision 1 38 mb pdf. Apollo spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts to the moon would be built in block 2. Lmags operating manual, flight program 6, july 1969, trw document.
Apollo spacecraft apollo spacecraft parts dk find out. Technical information summary, as 5011, apollo saturn v. The apollo moon missions were launched from the largest, most powerful rocket ever made. Nasa apollo lunar module news reference, grumman aircraft engineering. The apollo spacecraft consists of a command module cm, three man capsule, service module sm which contains the main propulsion system and propellant tankage, and the lunar module lm. During deployment, mechanical interlocks are released, permitting spring. Design cad drawing nasa concept of the orion crew module to answer the following questions. They were extremely valauble in creating the scale data for american spacemodeling, documenting all five litte joeiis which flew. Space exploration is a considered a highly dangerous job field and because of this safety is considered very important. Nasa technical note nasa tn 07780 0 00 h h i i apollo. Apollo spacecraft launch configuration from apollo program summary report april 1975 apollo command and service modules and launch escape system from apollo program summary report april 1975 command module interior from apollo. Spacecraft exhibits, simulations, artifacts, and information about mercury, gemini, apollo, lunar module, lunar rover, and space shuttle vehicles. The apollo spacecraft feasibility study was conducted by nasa from july 1960 through may 1961 to investigate preliminary designs for a postproject mercury multicrewed spacecraft to be used for possible space station, circumlunar, lunar orbital, or crewed lunar landing missions.
Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles to show their relative size in relation to each other. Subjects include technical information on mercury, gemini, apollo, skylab, and space shuttle vehicles and programs. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All information is based on scholarly research of original sources. The apollo spacecraft required a variety of seal designs to support human spaceflight to the moon and to return the crews safely to earth. Click image for a 1717x2714 pixel version of this image in a new window. The nasa technical standards system is a key element of the nasa technical standards program ntsp, sponsored by the office of the nasa chief engineer. Hatch crew apollo 11 technical drawings pdf, pdf, scale in metadata. Apollo 1 lessons and legacies national aeronautics and space administration astronauts gus grissom, ed white, and roger chaffee lost their lives january 27, 1967, during. I have scans courtesy of lcdr scott spaceaholic schneeweis of several collections of engineering drawings of various lunar modules and lunar test articles ltas. Fearful that the soviet union was prepared to launch one or two cosmonauts on a circumlunar flight, nasa intended to send the next apollo test flight apollo 8. A history of the apollo soyuz test project, nasa sp4209. Nasa spacecraft management and designer walkthrough inspection added.
The best books about the apollo program and landing on the. The same drawings used in making the actual spacecraft. Apollo navigation, guidance, and control systems a progress report abstract the status of certain aspects of the apollo navigation, guidance, and control systems in the commandmodule and lunar module are examined on the basis of experience with the first eight development flights covered in this paper are facets of the inertial, optical, and. The starting point for this model is the revell 196 scale saturn v plastic kit, first issued in the 1960s and reissued occasionally by revell germany. The apollo hatch had to provide a perfect seal for proper cabin pressurization, thermal protection during reentry, and watertight conditions during splashdown and recovery.
The apollo spacecraft were specially designed to carry astronauts safely to and from the moon. Grumman apollo 11 lunar module handwritten construction and testing log book. Although apollo era researchers were consulted, nasa did not set out to make the orion spacecraft identical to the apollo spacecraft. Project apollo nasa spacecraft drawings and technical diagrams. Nasa technical note apollo experience report spacecraft structural windows by oruis e. Hammers of this style were used on apollo 11 and 12 fig. Appendix a part al technical manual sm2a03block iil and a2 apollo operations handbook block ii spacecraft. This hatch was the main crew hatch on columbia cm107, the command module flown on the historic apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
Historic space systems has acquired thousands of engineering drawings, or blueprints, of historic us manned spacecraft detailing control panels, hatches, seats, structures, and other features. Lunar test article 8 lta8 lunar module 4 lm4 lunar test article 8 lta8 for lunar test article 8 lta8. Lem guidance, navigation, and control subsystem study guide march 1966 8. The hatch was transferred to the smithsonian institution by the nasa johnson space center in 1970. Tom beach collected several of these in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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