Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report No. 18, July-September 1967

Duration: 17:54

Year Published: 1967

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: The Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle is what made a manned journey to the moon possible. Produced by the Houston-based A-V Corporation for NASA, this government film gives us a detailed look at the Saturn V rocket and launch complex and previews the upcoming Apollo 4 mission: the maiden unmanned, Saturn V launch. The film does a remarkable job explaining the problems with early vehicles and modules and the steps taken to fix them. It is in this vein—apparently still reeling from the AS-204 disaster 10 months prior to this report—that the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston also recaps design changes made to the Apollo spacecraft to address any lingering concerns about the crew’s safety.