Apollo Departs VAB
Dublin Core
Title
Apollo Departs VAB
Alternative Title
Saturn V Being Moved to Pad
Subject
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Description
The crawler-transporter-transporter moving a Saturn V to the launch pad at John F. Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 (LC-39). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had previously assembled launch vehicles at the pad, stacking them in place. In a then-revolutionary move, NASA began performing vehicle assembly in the new Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) built specifically to assemble the Apollo-Saturn V launch vehicle, on top of the launcher and move the whole assembly to the pad. The huge crawler-transporter goes under the launcher/vehicle and moves it at a maximum speed of one mph to the launch pad.
Source
Original color photographic print: Leonard Pugh Collection.
Original color photographic print: Space Walk of Fame Collection.
Date Created
ca. 1967
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photographic print.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
86.1 KB
173 KB
Medium
2 color photographic prints
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
Spatial Coverage
John F. Kennedy Space Center\28.586454\-80.647485\1967-01-01\1967-12-31
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida\28.592960\-80.628282\1967-01-01\1967-12-31
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida\28.599994\-80.610011\1967-01-01\1967-12-31
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida\28.607987\-80.604252\1967-01-01\1967-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
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Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"Crawler-Transporter System." 2015. John F. Kennedy Space Center. Accessed September 25. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/Crawler.html.
"Moonport, Ch4-4." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Accessed September 25. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-4.html.
Collection
Citation
“Apollo Departs VAB,” RICHES, accessed December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5892.