Geography 2090A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Apollo Program, Saturn Ib, Apollo Lunar Module

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2090A/B
• Professor: Daniel Bednar

Document Summary

Built off of the mercury and gemini programs. First goal was to develop and test the necessary hardware. Largest of the saturn family of rockets. Smaller saturn ib also flew in the apollo program (was not capable of going to the moon) Able to carry a certain amount of weight into space. Most powerful rocket ever built in terms of lift capacity. The saturn v was later used to launch parts of america"s first space station skylab . Lift the rocket to about 68 km and breaks off. Kicked in after fuel for the 1st stage was spent. Thrusts the rocket into low earth orbit and breaks off. Fires at 191 km (at the translunar inject-tli) Leaves earth"s orbit and fires the rocket at the moon. Turns around to grab the lem then back to head to the moon. Lunar module is responsible for landing on the moon.