Posts: 390
From: Yeovil, England
Registered: Oct 2004

posted 10-26-2004 08:03 AM               

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I have never read in all the books i have what exactly happened to any of the stages of the Redstone,Atlas,Titan,Saturn 1b and the Saturn 5 that were involved in the launching of the manned and unmanned Spacecraft of the Mercury,Gemini,Apollo genre.
I know that for example that i read in Moonshot that Alan Shepards redstone booster was witnessed hitting the sea by the crew of a freighter and various S-IVBs have been crashed into the moon for the seismometers left there and that even Apollo 8s S-IVB is left in solar orbit and some boosters stages may of broken up re-entering the atmosphere.
But does anybody know if wreckage was ever retrieved,is there any at the bottom of the sea on the ocean floor,does anybody own a piece of S-1C,if anybody has any answers i would love to hear,thank you. .
Cheers,
Alex.

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"Why dont you fix your little problem and light this Candle?"

Posts: 861
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002

posted 10-26-2004 11:54 AM               

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Part of the Gemini V Titan first stage was recovered - a flattened cylindrical portion of it. (I don't recall which portion it is, upper or lower tank section.) I believe it is still on display at the US Space and Rocket Center.

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Posts: 6002
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001

Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 10-26-2004 04:26 PM               

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A year or two ago there were reports of finding what some were considering a "New" moon in orbit around the Earth. At first everyone thought it would turn out to be an astroid. After a few days it was learned that it was probably the upper stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V.

Mike