Talk:Apollo 6
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Space. | |
| B | This article has been rated as B-Class on the assessment scale. | |
| Related projects: | ||
 |
WikiProject Solar System | |
 |
WikiProject Moon | Importance to Moon: Mid |
 |
WikiProject Spaceflight | Importance to Spaceflight: Mid |
|
This article has been rated but has no comments. If appropriate, please review the article and leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
||
 |
This article is within the scope of the Human spaceflight WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the manned exploration of space. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. |
| This article contains material that originally came from a NASA website or printed source. According to their site usage guidelines, "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". For more information, please review NASA's use guidelines. |
An event in this article is a April 4 selected anniversary (may be in HTML comment).
This page of the Encyclopedia is very informational thanks for helping me finish my project
Contents |
[edit] S-IC Impact
I would think it would have to be West Longitude
- Your absolutely right. Changed both from E to W. Evil Monkey → Talk 02:33, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Cameras
There's mention of the famous Saturn V launch footage originating from Apollo 6, but similar footage came from Apollo 4, too--perhaps this and the Apollo 4 article should reflect that? (The footage of the interstage falling away is seen in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" which aired in late March 1968, and thus must have been from Apollo 4.)
Cameras covering the interstage separation were on both Apollo 4 and 6. The appear to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Saturn V reports for both missions detail their operation--both cameras worked on Apollo 4[1], while one of the cameras on the S-II on Apollo 6 was not recovered[2]. This could simplify identification of images in that any image with the rocket nozzles at the top of the frame (with the Earth below) must be from Apollo 4, while images with the rocket nozzles at the bottom of the frame could be from 4 or 6. It's difficult to search NASA's sites (the interstage photo on this Apollo 6 page appears to come from a NASA Apollo 6 page that no longer exists), such that I am unable to find still images of the interstage separation from Apollo 4, but note that Spacecraft Films' Saturn V DVD set includes Apollo 4 interstage footage ("Film 0-377" and "Film 0-378") and no interstage footage from Apollo 6 [3].
I've now changed the Camera section on Apollo 6 and added a Camera section to the Apollo 4 article. Jaydro 15:38, 12 November 2005(UTC)
[edit] The source of other footage?
What about the frequently shown footage apparently showing the complete S-IVB /Apollo spacecraft firing up and heading away from the camera? Does this come from other recovered cine footage or is it from a TV transmission?
Here is a NASA film clip (2m 19s - 25MB mpeg) showing the three distinct separations:
"Apollo-Saturn S1-C Staging" "Apollo-Saturn S-II Interstage Staging" "Apollo-Saturn S-IV-B Staging"
http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/video/staging.mpg
From the foregoing discussion it would appear that all three come from the Apollo 4 launch (Star Trek footage?) - as the point of view is below the main engines on the S-II. It appears they have two cameras at least - one forward point the other backward pointing. Maybe the 'forward pointing' footage from Apollo 6 is the lost footage?
Any thoughts?
- The S-IV-B staging footage is "other recovered cine footage" from Apollo 5, an unmanned Saturn IB test of the LM. Maybe someone should add a Cameras section there, though this footage is somewhat less famous than the interstage footage. Jaydro 18:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
I see someone ignored what I said and the page referring to the footage which states "MPEG-1 movie showing first plane separation, second plane separation and separation of an S-IVB from a Saturn IB first stage" [emphasis mine]. The paragraph describing the footage needs correction.... Jaydro (talk) 18:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC) ...and I did it. Jaydro (talk) 04:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] S-II Engine Cutoff Sequence
The NASA report on the flight, http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900066484_1990066484.pdf, says it was engine 2 that cutout due to the ASI fuel line failure and that engine 3 was shutdown due to the wiring crossover. This entry has it the other way round. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laryb1492 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
