Apollo 13 Saturn V stacking (1969)

Months before launch, the Saturn V booster for Apollo 13 mission (SA 508) was stacked in the VAB.
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[@jmarston1043]

50+ yrs and "STILL" the greatest, for me the Saturn V is a monster - the sight and sound of those 5 F-1 engines during launch is simply the greatest show of power ever, the recreated Saturn V launches in the new APOLLO 11 and FIRST MAN movies are probably the finest videos ever produced

[@norminal5101]

Legend says that the guys standing atop the second stage while the third stage was being stacked never got out.

[@catt_playz2724]

lol

[@arakort8005]

This was done when the USA was a great great country, strong leadership and a desire to be the best in every department. There will never be a project like Apollo ever again. The Saturn V will always be king of the heavy lift rockets.

[@allangibson2408]

No this was done after the United States abandoned being the best country in the world by electing Richard Nixon. The entire Apollo moon landing program was slashed back to using what had already been built when he was elected.

[@occamsrayzor]

What an astonish example of precision engineering the Saturn V was!

[@EskimoCanadian44]

It will always be THE rocket of all rockets.

[@AndreGamingOfficial]

Well that rocket failed

[@markroe9529]

Andre Gaming the rocket didn’t fail, the spacecraft did. All 3 stages worked fine, with the exception of the stage 2 inboard failing. Faulty service module is what failed.

[@ChrisNovak-ProfessionalNerd]

With every Saturn V part made by the lowest bidder…!

[@adamantium1983]

Interesting to see how large the Saturn V really was with people standing next to each stage.

[@gk10002000]

Yeah. You have to go see one of these in person. They really were monsters.

[@adamantium1983]

Living in Oregon makes it difficult for a stroll down to look at one without a hefty plane ticket :-/

[@VibeXplorer]

Absolutely amazing that, ultimately, just one pin at the end of the crane attachment bears the entire weight of each stage...

[@Thompsonje]

Awesome footage. I wish I could have been there in person seeing it first hand.

[@gilzor9376]

Just one stage looks so massive. Combined with the incredibly slow movement, it gives the impression that it is the heaviest thing on earth. The reality is probably more like it is record holder for the lightest object that takes up the biggest area. . . . . that is of course, till you fill it with fuel. Interesting nugget of history, thanks for sharing.

[@fransvanhofwegen7414]

Somebody STOP that service module!

[@canbest7668]

Good one!

[@offroadranger6]

There seemed to have been two there inside the VAB. Shoulda grabbed the other one.

[@fitton27]

Always forget the scale of this thing until you see men stood at the foot of it being dwarfed.

[@Chaosfury50]

Those are some exemplary instructions, goozaw! Remember everyone; make sure to forget the scale of this rocket until sighting the humans at it's foot.

[@goo_90]

Lol

[@flybobbie1449]

Scale of the building amazes me. Friend got to do some work in there, he says the new rocket is huge.

[@devinmarbury4967]

Fantastic video. And the audio is top notch.

[@edwardvanvalkenburgh2828]

The crane operators in the VAB would be qualified by lifting a 20 ton water tank, placing it on a raw egg without breaking and not be able to move the egg. No computers handling operations back then.

[@vietnamhuey2051]

Really?

[@joekurtz8303]

I used to operate a bridge crane occasionally, but on a much smaller rocket scale. This is Massive in 🚀 comparison. A steady hand indeed.

[@larrymanley2800]

American ingenuity at it’s finest

[@edwardvanvalkenburgh2828]

And a fair piece of German rocket science

[@olentangy74]

Amazing footage.

[@marspp]

“Well that went well, let’s go for a beer.” Said the people who put it together. “Well that didn’t go so well, let’s go for a beer”. Said the people who flew on it.

[@allgood6760]

Amazing what engineering and science can do 👍

[@flybobbie1449]

In everyday life we never get see the marvels close up like rockets, ships, power stations, etc.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

It would be nice if this film had some narration.

[@jpsned]

"A little to the left... a little to the right... There! That's it!"

[@Habibi46611]

Sehr interessant!

[@muxusown]

Recently you have been surpassed Saturn V as the tallest and most powerful rocket, but you are still iconic.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"How much this month, Deke?"

[@joekurtz8303]

Had a family relative truck driver who delivered components for space program back in Mecrury/ Gemini days . Not known if involved w/ Apollo.

[@Camop-iz9kt]

Their hard hats seem SO insignificant.

[@allangibson2408]

Just wait until someone drops a bolt in the VAB…

[@emeraldalex1078]

Damn that rocket is HARD

[@jasons44]

I wish these was narrated

[@5Andysalive]

big!

[@Peppermint1]

So this is what %5 of the US GDP looks like. When you think there was not computer design or even pocket calculators back then. All hand made

[@allangibson2408]

Pocket calculators were a thing in 1970. They were either mechanical (Curta) or slide rules… Electronic ones came out the next year. Ones with the processing power of the Apollo capsule came out five years later (HP-65).

[@glval]

Here after SN5 stacking

[@matthewwhiting255]

Can we talk abt how this rando on yt had high quality footage of the fucking Apollo program

[@nonovyerbusiness9517]

Why were the F-1 engine nozzle extensions not attached at the time of mounting the S-IC to the mobile launcher?

[@Camop-iz9kt]

If I had to guess, the nozzles and fairing would be susceptible to damage and bumping into things before stacking.

[@patmc854]

The F-1 Engine Nozzle extensions were very fragile. Even a small bump and they could be damaged. They had small tubes inside them to carry fuel that was yet to be burned. This kept the nozzles cool enough so they wouldn't melt from the heat of the Engine. So if they were damaged they rocket could've exploded on lift-off due to fuel leaks.

[@charlesvan13]

Obviously so they wouldn't be damaged in transporting it to the launch pad. They could easily be put on a truck an attacked later.

[@bruce92106]

There's no sound?

[@jack_leinen]

now take that, make it one foot taller, swap the f1 engines for rn-25s, swap the j2 engines for idk what engine type, merge he first stage and second stage into one large core stage, get rid of the lunar module, color the core stage orange and the rest white, make the service module a bit less tall and put solar panels on it, make the csm more shiny silver, and strap two SRBs(Solid Rocket Boosters) to it and you got the new moon rocket.

[@cbspock1701]

So how were the stages locked together

[@RCDRONE1010]

It was held together my Elmer’s Glue and duct tape... Just kidding, The stages were locked together by using pyrotechnic fasteners.

[@zaccheroni3]

Ciao, il video è molto bello. Dopo che hai caricato questo documentario sul KZbin, la piattaforma ti ha segnalato dei contenuti di 3° parti (COPYRIGHT) o no? Grazie mille, scusami per il disturbo e alla prossima! :-D

[@rockethead7]

I cannot answer for the person who posted the video. But, I can tell you that all materials, videos, design schematics, created for Apollo were made public. Apollo was approved by congress with the condition that there would be no copyrights, no patents, and no trademarks. All Apollo materials were 100% available. Else, they would not fund Apollo.

[@zaccheroni3]

@@rockethead7 Ok, grazie mille per l'informazione! 😊👍

[@rockethead7]

@@zaccheroni3 You're welcome.

[@zaccheroni3]

@@rockethead7 Grazie mille! 😃👍

[@yaral.4496]

Sound under the images at the time wasn't invented.... but we flew to the moon! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@benquinney2]

I like my rockets vertically oriented

[@BugRib]

So, not a fan of SpaceX then?

[@joshuasteward6899]

Im not a space x fan

[@nmnewmexico2069]

They need to rebuild this rocket most are saying it cant be done when it can be done it's called getting off your ass and doing it

[@vietnamhuey2051]

Most of the companies that made the parts for it have long went out of business or have been bought. Even if we were to build one, it would delay the SLS program even farther.

[@albclean]

@@vietnamhuey2051 Just mentioning it delays it.

[@Chaosfury50]

And I could see the faulty wiring even with the footage as is , such a shame with them missing it especially since I am just a paper plate that is currently nestled in a stack of hundreds more.

[@albclean]

It was in the oxygen tank, Nice try though.