AMT USA 1/200 Scale Saturn V RocketPlastic Model Kit(Multicolor)

The first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle starts the Apollo spacecraft on the journey to themoon. The second and third stages place the spacecraft in earth orbit and on the trajectory to themoon with its three astronauts aboard.The Apollo Program was directed by NASA’s office of Manned Space Flight. The Marshall Centerprovided the Saturn launch vehicles. The Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston provided the threeseparate modules of the spacecraft, selected and trained the astronauts, and operated the MissionControl Center. The Kennedy Space Center in Florida launched the astronauts on their epic flight. from http://www.round2models.com/files/instructions/amt846.pdfWhen fully operational, the Saturn V was able to launch into orbit more than a quarter of a millionpounds. The total orbiting tonnage in the lunar mission will be about 280,000 pounds. This includesthe weight of the third stage and instrument unit section. The fully fueled and loaded ApolloSpacecraft, in its lunar mission configuration, will weigh about 95,000 pounds.The Saturn V, with its Apollo payload, is 363 feet tall. Physical and performance characteristics ofthe stages, in a mission such as the lunar trip, are as follows:First Stage - The first stage burns over 15 tons of propellants per second during its two minute andforty-one seconds of operation to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed ofabout 6,000 miles-per-hour. The stage is 138 feet long and 33 feet in diameter.Second Stage - The second stage burns over one ton of propellant per second during about six andone-half minutes of operation to take the vehicle to an altitude of about 108 miles and a speed of nearorbital velocity, which in this case is about 17,400 miles-per-hour. It is 81½ feet long and 33 feet indiameter.Third Stage - The third stage has two important operations during the Project Apollo lunar mission.After the second stage drops away, the third ignites and burns for about two minutes to place itselfand the spacecraft into the desired earth orbit. At the proper time during this earth parking orbit, thethird stage is re-ignited to speed the Apollo spacecraft to escape velocity of 24,900 miles per hour.In this second sequence, the stage burns for about six minutes. The stage is 58 feet long and 21.7feet in diameter.Instrument Unit - The instrument unit, located atop the third stage, between that stage and thepayload, contains guidance and control equipment for the launch vehicle. It is 3 feet long and 21.7feet in diameter.Apollo Spacecraft - Command Module: 13 feet in diameter; weight, 11,000 pounds.Service Module: 13 feet in diameter, 22 feet high; weight, 52,000 pounds; 22,000- pound thrust engine.Lunar Module: Two stage; total weight, 32,000 pounds. Descent engine’s thrust can be varied from1,050 to 10,500 pounds