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1967 - 0190.PDF
184 FLIGHT International, 2 February Spaceflight CHECKING-OUT SATURN V "Not so much a building to house a Moon vehicle as amachine to build a Moon craft"—this comment on the Vehicle Assembly Building at Launch Complex 39 onMerritt Island, Cape Kennedy, was made by the leader of the team of architects and engineers who designed it.A dramatic impression of the scale of the facilities at Complex 39 is given in these photographs, whichfocus attention in turn on the Saturn V vehicle (right), the vehicle assembly building (below) and the crawlertransporter (left) which carries the Saturn and its mobile launcher from the VAB to the launch pad.The vehicle assembly building consists of a high-bay area 525ft 10in tall x 442ft long x 518ft wide, and a low-bayarea 210ft 4in tall, 272ft 6in long x 442ft wide. The Apollo/Saturn V vehicle is 365ft high; on its journey fromthe VAB to the pad the transporter makes 1 m.p.h. down the straight crawlerway, slowing to 0.8 m.p.h. aroundthe bend and 0.3 m.p.h. up the ramp to the pad. The facilities of Complex 39 were checked-out recentlyusing the Apollo/Saturn V-500F facility vehicle shown in these photographs.
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