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Space-related drawings and documents for saleSaturn and Apollo Program drawings and documents
Now you can own high quality digital copies of some of the documents and drawings I have used in my research. PDF and image files made available on CD-ROM at reasonable prices.Newest items at bottom. Payment by PayPal is preferred. Payment by check or money order also accepted (minimum order, $20), sent to:
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"Saturn IB Improvement Study, Phase II Final Report"
"Saturn IB Improvement Study, Phase II Final Report" Space Division, Chrysler Corporation, report TR-AE-6611, dated Oct 5, 1966. Work performed under NASA contract NAS8-20260, 154 pages scanned in grayscale. This study for NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center looked at using large solid rocket motors as strap-on boosters for the Saturn V... the five-segment UA-1205 motors used on the Titan III, the UA-1207 motors intended for use on the Titan IIIM (not used until the Titan IVA), and the first stage of the Minuteman ICBM. This report covers the payload capability, engineering changes to both the core vehicle and boosters, manufacturing and facility requirements for the various configurations... along with proposed schedules and costs. Designs covered in the preliminary trade study (with basic drawings) include:
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Modified Saturn IB drawings Three large-format (~12100X3000 pixels) grayscale GIF-format inboard profile NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center drawings of modified versions of the Saturn IB. Includes: 60KC3214: MLV-SAT-IB-11.5... A Saturn IB with four UA-1205 boosters (same solid rocket boosters used on the Titan III) 60KC3215 MLV-SAT-IB-11.5A ...A Saturn IB with four UA-1205 boosters and a stretched core 60KC3216 MLV-SAT-IB-11.7A... A Saturn IB with four UA-1207 boosters and a stretched core Also includes smaller (4000 px wide) versions of these drawings for easier viewing and printing The perfect match for "Saturn IB Improvement Study, Phase II Final Report" Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Saturn V Inboard Profile: 1 NASA-MSFC drawing 10M04574 of the Apollo 8 AS-503 Saturn V. Scanned at 300 DPI from the on-hand original (a somewhat scaled-down "blueprint" copy of the actual original), which is about 6 feet long!Price for CD-ROM, US: $9 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $11 Delicately watermarked larger promo image of the AS503 Saturn V inboard profile |
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Saturn V Payload Planner's Guide PDF file, scanned at full-color 300 DPI for high clarity. This 64 page 1965 document from Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division shows what payload possibilities were available, everything from small bolt-on "Get Away Specials" to interstellar probes using Centaur upper stages. Filled with detailed drawings.Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Saturn IB Payload Planner's Guide PDF file, scanned at full-color 300 DPI for high clarity. This 55 page 1965 document from Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division shows what payload possibilities were available, everything from small bolt-on "Get Away Specials" to high-velocity missions using Centaur upper stages. Filled with detailed drawings.Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Saturn Inboard Profiles: 2 This includes:
NASA-MSFC Drawing 10M03369, Saturn V Inboard profile, dated 3-12-1962. Very large-format (20725X3400 pixels) grayscale line drawing of the complete booster.
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Lunar Module Inboard diagrams Includes two detailed inboard views of the Lunar Module:
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Apollo Extension System Diagrams In 1965 North American studied using the Lunar Module as an orbital research platform. The descent stage would be very greatly modified. This set includes 9 large format drawings (ranging from 5790 to 15990 pixels wide) showing the modified LM laboratory as well as the Saturn Ib and Saturn V launch vehicles planned for use. The launch vehicles do not appear to be notably modified from the standard layout, but the inboard profiles are nonetheless impressive pieces of engineering art. Includes: Three Saturn Ib inboard profiles One Saturn V inboard profile Five LM Lab general arrangements Price for CD-ROM, US: $6.00 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8.00 |
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Paraglider Recovery System for the Saturn Booster A 77-page PDF brochure from Ryan, dated 15 August 1961, describing design studies and results for using a deployable Rogallo wing (basically... a hang glider) mounted to the side of a Saturn C-1 or C-2 (Dyna Soar) booster for gliding recovery onto runways. Presents design overview as well as detailed component design (such as landing gear and deployment mechanisms), along with launch and flyback trajectories, expected aerothermal heating, glide ratios, program costs and more. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6.00 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8.00 |
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Lunar Landing Training Vehicle Reports This set includes three PDF file reports on the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV), a.k.a. Lunar Landing Research vehicle (LLRV). Includes: "Lunar Landing Training Vehicle, Model Specifications For." Dated 9-17-69, Specification CF325-6M-366, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. 160 pages "Lunar Landing Training Vehicle No. 1 Accident Investigation Board Report." Sometimes things go wrong. This report, dated March 12, 1969, describes the Dec. 8, 1968, crash of an LLTV piloted by Joseph Algranti. Includes many technical details of the LLTV design, as well as photos of the LLTV in both normal and crashed configurations. 230 pages. "Report 7161-954005 Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Flight Manual." Pretty much what it says, this 1 April 1964 report describes how to fly the LLRV. 153 pages including many drawings and photos, descriptions of systems and, importantly, how to punch out in an emergency. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6.00 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8.00 |
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Lunar Module Manuals Five PDF reports describing the nuts and bolts of the Lunar Module. Includes: "Course no 30005-012 LM Orientation Training." Dated November 1966, this 73-page compilation of graphics gives an overview of LM design and systems. "LMA790-1 Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual." A 116-page Grumman report dated 15 October 1965 describes the LM and systems in considerable detail. "LMA790-3-LM 10 Apollo Operations Handbook LM-10 and Subsequent Vol1." A sizable 804-page Grumman manual dated 1 April 1971 describes virtually every system - and how they are to work and be maintained - in exhaustive and illustrated detail. "LMA790-3-LM 11 Apollo Operations Handbook LM-11 and Subsequent Vol2." An even bigger 917-page Grumman manual dated 26 September 1971 lists what they must have thought was every procedure imaginable for the LM, from closeout to docking. "Lunar Module Subsystem Assembly and Installations." A Grumman brochure from December 1967 gives a general overview of the tasks associated with assembling a Lunar Module. 56 pages, with the original having been produced "magazine style" and opened up and scanned in full color. Price for CD-ROM, US: $8.00 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $10.00 |
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Launch Complex 39 documents LC-39 was where the Saturn V was launched, and here are some documents describing the launch facility. "Launch Complex-39 Mobile Launcher Service Arms, Operations and Maintenance." 16 May 1969 handbook on the maintenance requirements and methods for the environmental chamber at the end of the Command Module Access Arm. Many illustrations. 132 pages "Launch Complex 39 Facility Description." An October 1, 1966 report describing the facilities and ground support equipment at LC-39. Many illustrations in 130 pages, covering the whole area. "Launcher - Umbilical Towers Launch Complex 39 Revised Bid Drawings." A 78-page book of detailed architectural drawings of the launch pad and towers by Reynolds, Smith & Hills, architects. July 7, 1964. None of that computer aided design stuff... all done by hand. "LC-39 Arming Tower Drawings." A 29-page book of detailed architectural drawings of the arming tower. Drawings done at NASA-KSC, dating from 1971. "LC-39 Facilities Handbook." This 75-page US Army Corps of Engineers report gives a photo-illustrated overview of all the major facilities, structures and buildings at Launch Complex 39. Circa 1967. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6.00 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8.00 |
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Skylab/Apollo Command and Service Module diagram set Thirteen large format (about 10100X2700 pixel each) North American Rockwell diagrams of the Apollo Command and Service Modules, CSMs 116-119. A wealth of detail! Extensive detail on the components of the Command and Service Modules, including wiring, structure, instruments, seats, reaction control systems & tanks & plumbing, docking systems & hardware, and more. The end result of a years work. (Obviously, not one years non-stop work, but still... a lot of effort went into making these images presentable). Also includes smaller versions of the drawings for easier viewing and printing. Price for CD-ROM, US: $20 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $22.00 Delicately watermarked promo image of the Skylab/Apollo CSM & Saturn Ib adapter inboard profile |
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Manned Space Laboratory A 196 page Douglas Aircraft Company report, "MANNED SPACE LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR MID-60'S DEPLOYMENT." This describes preliminary designs for small space stations up to Skylab-sized. Given that nthis report dates from June, 1962, this report is significant in that it describes something very like Skylab... a Saturn S-IVB "wet lab" similar to Skylab. However, this was to be launched with an Apollo capsule already in place. Several other concepts also presented. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Saturn S-IVB sketches "Technical Memorandum 136 V/S-IVB Configuration Sketches," McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, July 1969. 102 pages of exactly what the title suggests... sketches and diagrams of the S-IVB upper stage in great detail. July, 1969, covering both Saturn Ib and Saturn V variants of the S-IVB stage. Price for CD-ROM, US: $10 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $12 See complete report layout |
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156, 260-Inch solid + S-IVB stage Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division report DAC-58036 "Large Solid Motors in Booster Applications." 50 pages covering the use of 156-inch and 260-inch diameter solid rocket motors as the first stage for Saturn Ib-class boosters. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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260-inch + S-II stage Boeing report D5-13148 "Final Report 260-inch Solid Motor/S-II Vehicle Feasibility Study." A 91 page report (taken from microfilm... two original pages per PDF-page) describing something like the current Ares I booster, but much larger. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Apollo operations handbooks A collection of five North American Aviation reports covering the Apollo command and service modules (primarily the former), Blocks I and II, in exhaustive detail: APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULE. SPACECRAFT 012 (1010 pages) APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULE. SPACECRAFT 014 (718 pages) COMMAND SERVICE MODULE SYSTEM HANDBOOK AS-501 (395 pages) APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK BLOCK II SPACECRAFT VOL. 1 SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION, Oct 1969 (962 PAGES) APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK BLOCK II SPACECRAFT VOL. 1 SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION, Jan 1970 (1067 PAGES) Price for CD-ROM, US: $15 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $17 |
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Juno V Space Vehicle Development Program Army Ballistic Missile Agency report "Juno V Space Vehicle Development Program, (Phase I) Booster Feasibility Demonstration," dated 13 October 1958, 34 pages. This describes The Juno V, which was what the Saturn I was called before it became a NASA. Includes diagrams of the Juno V, several steps in the development of the Juno V, alternate tank concepts, recovery concepts, test vehicles and growth options. An interesting look at the early days of the Saturn. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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Development and Use of a 12-Man Space Station McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Company presentation MDC G0583, dated June 1970, describes an ambitious Saturn-launched, Shuttle-services space station. In its early phases the station would rotate to produce artificial gravity. The station was designed to be modular so that larger versions could be assembled, or serve as interplanetary spacecraft. Numerous drawings of modules, assemblies and internal layouts. Read this and weep over what kind of space station we could have had. 111 pages. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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A LUNAR EXPLORATION PROGRAM BASED UPON SATURN-BOOSTED SYSTEMS US Army Ordnance Missile Command Report No. DV-TR-2-60 "A Lunar Exploration Program Based Upon Saturn Boosted Systems," dated February 1960. This report, prepared at the request of NASA, presents the result of the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency's efforts to design lunar soft-landing missions - robotic and manned - using the Saturn launch vehicle. A historic report from just before the Apollo program, this report shows designs for space capsules, lunar landers, robotic probes, recovery operations, launch vehicles and in-space assembly and refueling operations. This was before lunar orbit rendezvous, so the entire manned vehicle would land on the moon, including the re-entry capsule. 404 pages . Price for CD-ROM, US: $9 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $11 |
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Skylab: A Guidebook A 255 page publication from Marshall Space Flight Center, this circa 1973 Guidebook covers the design and purpose of Skylab in great detail. Chapters include: I. SCIENCE FROM ORBIT--AN INTRODUCTION TO SKYLAB II. HISTORY OF THE SKYLAB PROGRAM III. PROFILE OF THE SKYLAB MISSION IV. SKYLAB DESIGN AND OPERATION V. RESEARCH PROGRAMS ON SKYLAB VI. GROUND-BASED SUPPORTING PROJECTS LISTING OF SKYLAB EXPERIMENTS Price for CD-ROM, US: $8 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $10 |
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Integrated Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft Concept Definition Seven volumes of a 1968 Boeing report dealing with a nuclear-powered manned Mars vehicle. This report covers the design of the interplanetary vehicle, the Mars lander, the NERVA nuclear engine and Saturn-derived launch vehicles (including the Saturn V-3XU and 4XU, which used 3 and 4 modified S-IC stages clustered together). A wonderful source of detail on an archetypical manned space vehicle, perhaps the classic nuclear Mars vehicle. D2-113544-1, Vol 1, Summary, 49 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 2, System Assessment and Sensitivities, 188 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 3 part 1, System Analysis (part 1 - Missions and Operations), 244 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 3 part 2, System Analysis (part 2 - Experiment Program), 293 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 4, System Definition, 525 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 5, Program Plans and Costs, 281 pages D2-113544-1, Vol 6, Cost-Effective Subsystem Selection and Evolutionary Development, 283 pages Price for CD-ROM, US: $9 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $11 |
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NEW ITEM: Apollo/Saturn V Systems Familiarization A 59-page heavily illustrated training report describing the ground facilities for the Saturn V. Technical diagrams and floorplans are provided for the VAB, the Crawler, Mobile Service Structure, Launcher-Umbilical Tower, Flame Deflector, Propellant Areas and more. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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NEW ITEM: Apollo "A"/Saturn C-1 Launch Vehicle System 410 pages worth of NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center report from July 1961 (report no. MPR-M-SAT-61-5), compiling technical information on the Saturn C-1, the proposed Saturn C-2 and the larger Saturn C-3 (which replaced the S-I first stage with a new stage using two F-1 engines), as well as the Apollo "A" configuration (which at the time was an Apollo capsule married to a Service Module equipped with solid rocket motors and trailing a Space Laboratory). The report primarily deals with technical details of the C-1, including structural tests facilities, aerothermal heating tests, live fire tests, weights & balance, CG shifts during flight, trajectory information and more. Price for CD-ROM, US: $6 Price for CD-ROM, everywhere else on Earth: $8 |
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