Stages To Saturn

A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles

by Roger E. Bilstein

CONTENTS

  1. PROLOGUE
    1. Concepts and Origins
  2. THE SATURN BUILDING BLOCKS
    1. Aerospace Alphabet: ABMA, ARPA, MSFC
    2. Missions, Modes, and Manufacturing
  3. FIRE, SMOKE, AND THUNDER: THE ENGINES
    1. Conventional Cryogenics: The H-1 and the F-1
    2. Unconventional Cryogenics: RL-10 and J-2
  4. BUILDING THE SATURN V
    1. From the S-IV to the S-IVB
    2. The Lower Stages: S-IC and S-II
    3. From Checkout to Launch: The Quintessential Computer
  5. COORDINATION: MEN AND MACHINES
    1. Managing Saturn
    2. The Logistics Tangle
  6. STEP BY STEP
    1. Qualifying the Cluster Concept
    2. The Giant Leap
  7. EPILOGUE
    1. Legacies

APPENDIXES

  1. Schematic OF Saturn V
  2. Saturn V Prelaunch-Launch Sequence
  3. Saturn Flight History
  4. Saturn R&D Funding History
  5. Saturn V Contractors
  6. Location of Remaining Saturn Hardware
  7. NASA Organization during Apollo-Saturn
  8. MSFC Personnel During Apollo-Saturn