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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1969
Page
6
The article details Apollo Saturn V fuel needs and costs based on Apollo 8, noting a journey of about 655000 miles at 23.4 cents per mile. It covers propellants RP-1 liquid hydrogen and hydrazine mixtures, and the role of liquid oxygen and nitrogen tetroxide in a lunar mission.
The PLSS back pack will power Apollo 9 astronaut Russell L. Schweickart during a planned two hour space walk. Four subsystems manage oxygen, liquid cooling, communications, and electricity with an emergency oxygen reserve. Oxygen is cycled through CO2 scrubbers and lithium hydroxide, cooled, and recirculated to maintain suit pressure.
Marshall Space Flight Center explains that a 99.9 percent reliability would still leave 5,600 defective parts in the Saturn V moon rocket. The three flown Saturn V vehicles show near perfection with the second having two anomalies, while a 13,000 part car would see its first defect in about a century if kept to the same standard.
Apollo 9 astronauts prepare for emergency transfers between the docked modules. Their space suits provide 100 percent oxygen, 3.7 psi pressure, and protection from extreme temperatures and meteoroid hazards. The two suit types include intravehicular and extravehicular versions with a portable life support backpack.
Apollo 9 will flight test the complete Apollo spacecraft including the command service modules and the lunar module in a 10 day Earth orbit. Commander James McDivitt pilot David Scott and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart will conduct docking, maneuvers, EVA, and lunar module checks prior to an Atlantic recovery near Cape Kennedy.
Flight Center Alabama reports Apollo 9 uses about 1 797 parts identified for replacement and 1 785 spares on hand. The Saturn V contains 5 600 000 parts with ground testing and pre launch checks guiding spare selection and rapid on pad repairs.
NASA has counted nine Apollo Saturn flights with Saturn IB or Saturn V rockets. Apollo 9 will be the first manned launch to use the lunar module on Saturn V vehicle 504, following missions AS-201 through AS-503 with unmanned and manned CSMs and LMs.
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