You feel a sense of unrestrained joyful emotions. You try hard to look calm, but deep inside you are brimming with pride. A 1/10 replica of the space suits currently in use by astronauts living in the International Space Station, this model kit comes with LEDs to replicate the lights surrounding the helmet with movable visor. First release in 1969. And re-release in Spring, 2009 for commemorate of Apoll 11 40th celebration. The S-IVB was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company at Huntington Beach, California. It had one J-2 engine and used the same fuel as the S-II. [11] The S-IVB used a common bulkhead to separate the two tanks. It was 58.6 feet (17.86m) tall with a diameter of 21.7 feet (6.604m) and was also designed with high mass efficiency, though not quite as aggressively as the S-II. The S-IVB had a dry mass of about 23,000 pounds (10,000kg) and, fully fueled, weighed about 262,000 pounds (119,000kg). [65] a b "Saturn V Launch Vehicle Evaluation Report—AS-502 Apollo 6 Mission" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2020 . Retrieved January 18, 2013.

Fourth crewed lunar landing, at Hadley–Apennine. First extended Apollo mission, carrying lunar orbital Scientific Instrument Module and Lunar Roving Vehicle. Lawrie, Alan; Godwin, Robert (2005). Saturn V: the complete manufacturing and test records: plus supplemental material. Burlington, Ont.: Apogee. ISBN 978-1-894959-19-3. OCLC 62313648. One thing has occurred to me after looking through photos and other tech docs though. I had intended to be able to separate the CM from the SM by using the Revell heat shield and upper SM plate. But as I understand, the CM-SM umbilical stays connected to the CM. In reality, it must have swiveled out of the way when the two separated. This won’t happen on the model. preventing the CM’s removal. Better to find out now!

Skylab: First U.S. Space Station". Space.com. July 11, 2018. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020 . Retrieved July 7, 2020. Be warned, though: this Saturn V model is for kit-building aficionados. It comes in 183 parts with full assembly instructions, adhesive and colour paints. Shapeways also have a couple of nice 1/96 Lunar Modules with folded legs, which look infinitely better than the irredeemable Revell LM, albeit madly expensive: Second crewed trans-lunar injection of complete Apollo spacecraft with LM; Only Saturn V launched from Pad 39B. For the first two uncrewed launches, eight solid-fuel ullage motors ignited for four seconds to accelerate the S-II stage, followed by the ignition of the five J-2 engines. For the first seven crewed Apollo missions only four ullage motors were used on the S-II, and they were eliminated for the final four launches. About 30 seconds after first stage separation, the interstage ring dropped from the second stage. This was done with an inertially fixed attitude—orientation around its center of gravity—so that the interstage, only 3feet 3inches (1m) from the outboard J-2 engines, would fall cleanly without hitting them, as the interstage could have potentially damaged two of the J-2 engines if it was attached to the S-IC. Shortly after interstage separation the Launch Escape System was also jettisoned. [35]

Paine, Michael (March 13, 2000). "Saturn 5 Blueprints Safely in Storage". Space.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010 . Retrieved November 9, 2011. They are making more of this series like Apollo and Space Exploration devices at Smithsonian Museum. Bong! Big Ben rings in its 150th anniversary". Associated Press. May 29, 2009. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013 . Retrieved June 1, 2009. The box artwork is usually very good and it’s good here showing the Saturn V leaving earth’s atmosphere bound for the moon. Let’s go inside…So after it retires from service, it was intended to be presented to Smithsonian National Air and Space museum. The Dawn of the Space Age". cia.gov. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013 . Retrieved May 15, 2012. And, of course, the Saturn V made possible the historic Apollo 11 moonlanding, enabling the USA to overtake the Soviet Union in the Cold War Space Race.