The Boeing Company - and its heritage units of McDonnell Douglas and the aerospace and defense units of Rockwell International - built all major components of the Apollo spacecraft and the giant Saturn V moon rocket used on all manned lunar missions, with the exception of the Grumman-built lunar lander. McDonnell Douglas. Apollo 8. In April 1967, McDonnell merged with Douglas Aircraft to become the conglomerate McDonnell-Douglas. Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the moon and returned photography of the lunar surface. Apollo 11 landed men on the moon July 20, 1969.
Apollo 7 made the first flight to Earth orbit; Apollo 8 made the first orbit of the moon. Aviation Photo #1929690 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 - Exclusive Alliance (Phoebus Apollo) [ Medium Large] Tweet. Apollo 12. The last mission was Apollo 17, Dec. 7-19, 1972. McDonnell Douglas The following images show McDonnell Douglas contractors at KSC at … It was powered by one Rocketdyne J-2 engine, fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Apollo Saturn Stage Contractors: The Saturn Stage Contractors are listed below; Boeing, Chrysler, General Electric, IBM, McDonnell Douglas, Rocketdyne, and Rockwell. Grumman, North American Rockwell (NAR), and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC) submitted proposals. McDonnell Douglas. Author G Posted on May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 Categories McDonnell Douglas, Supersonic Transport Tags artist concept, AST, concept art, DC, jet, McDonnell Douglas, passenger jet, Space Transportation System, SST, supersonic, transport Leave a comment on McDonnell Douglas SST/AST MD-2001 The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an unmanned prototype of a reusable single stage to orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) from 1991 to 1993.
Apollo 17 : Third Stage (S-IVB) (2 nd stage for Apollo 7) Contractor. McDonnell Douglas. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 4 million screened photos online! The Saturn V was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket used by NASA’s Apollo and Skylab programs and a massive representation of the power generated when Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and North American Aviation coordinated their efforts. After Apollo 1, the whole program almost collapsed in the frenzy of investigations, infighting and finger-pointing—that is, until NASA and North American decided to make use of McDonnell’s expertise. Apollo 10. Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the United StatesApollo space program, the fifth and second-to-last toland on theMoon, and the second to land in thelunar highlands. Bekijk meer ideeën over Vliegtuig, Straaljagers, Militaire vliegtuigen. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission.
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