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Topic: Apollo 18 and 19 Saturn V, CSM, LEM locations?
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Columbiad1
Member Posts: 38
From: Lakeland, FL, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 10-02-2005 04:54 AM
   
I assume that Apollo-Soyuz used the Apollo 18 Saturn V rocket and CSM, what about the scheduled Apollo 18 LEM, where is it now? Also where is the Saturn V rocket, CSM, and LEM that would of taken Apollo 19 to the moon? What parts are on display (are they real) at the Apollo Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida? Does anyone know of any names that might of been suggested for Apollo 18 or 19 CSM and LEM? |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1532
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 10-02-2005 07:12 AM
This may not answer all of your questions, but should help: A Field Guide to American Spacecraft.
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dtemple
Member Posts: 730
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 10-02-2005 10:53 AM
I believe the Lunar Module scheduled for Apollo 19, LM-14, was never completed and what assemblies were constructed were scrapped. I also think that the same holds true for LM-15 scheduled for Apollo 20. A book I had at one time, "Chariots for Apollo," (not the same "EP" or "SP" version published by the U.S. Government printing office in the 70s) mentioned an unfinished LM being dumped in a landfill. Names for the Apollo 18-20 CSMs and LMs were likely never suggested since those flights were canceled years before they were scheduled to fly. |
Ryan Walters
Member Posts: 78
From: Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 10-02-2005 03:36 PM
The Apollo Soyuz Test Project was launched on a Saturn IB and not the Saturn V. I believe the Saturn V vehicles for Apollo 18 and 19 are displayed at Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center. As far as the spacecraft themselves, I'm not so sure about. |
collshubby
Member Posts: 591
From: Madisonville, Louisiana
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-02-2005 04:40 PM
It may have been a space-related urban myth, but wasn't the lunar rover for one of the later Apollo missions found scrapped in some junkyard in New York somewhere? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-02-2005 05:12 PM
According to Saturn by Alan Lawrie (Apogee Books, 2005), two sets of Saturn V stages went unused: SA-514 and 515. The first stage of 514 (S-IC-14) is on display at Johnson Space Center. S-IC-15, intended for Apollo 19, is now located outside the gate of Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The second stage of 514 (S-II-14) is on display at Kennedy Space Center. S-II-15, which was prepared as the back-up for Skylab's launch vehicle, is now located at Johnson Space Center. The third stage of 514 (S-IVB-514) is on display at Kennedy Space Center. S-IVB-515 was converted as the Skylab back-up OWS and now is on display the National Air and Space Museum. (S-IVB-513 is on display at Johnson Space Center). According to A Field Guide to American Spacecraft (linked above by micropooz), the ASTP CM #111 was originally slated to fly Apollo 18. CM #115A is now installed on the Saturn V at JSC. Of the remaining LMs, LM-2 (at the National Air and Space Museum) was meant for earth orbit tests; LM-9 (at the Apollo Saturn V Center) was intended for an H-series mission but went unused when Apollo 15 became J-series; LM-13 (at the Cradle of Aviation) was intended for Apollo 18; LM-14 & 15 were scrapped; and LM-16 (at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry) was used for astronaut training (source: AFGTAS)., 2005).] | |
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