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LM-12
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posted 03-08-2020 01:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Photos like 68-HC-70 (Apollo 8) seem to show that S-IC stages of the Saturn V arrived at Kennedy Space Center and were stacked in the Vehicle Assembly Building without the F-1 engine nozzle extensions attached. Were those nozzle extensions installed in the VAB or at Pad 39?

Wasn't there a removable work platform under the engines at the pad, or was that just in the VAB?

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posted 03-09-2020 10:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It looks like some type of engine service platform (the yellow object) can be seen at ground level in front of the Mobile Launcher in Apollo 8 photo S68-55416.

Jim Behling
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posted 03-10-2020 08:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
They were installed at the VAB.

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