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Overall view of the Firing Room #2 in the Launch Control Center during the Countdown Demonstration Test for the Apollo 12 mission.
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Image Number: 69PC-0570
Date: October 29, 1969
“The Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle stands alone after the Mobile Service Structure was removed from Pad A at Launch Complex 39 today during the “wet” or fueled portion of the Countdown Demonstration Test. The week-long CDDT is conducted as a dress rehearsal for the actual countdown. During CDDT, all major spacecraft systems and ground support equipment are verified in preparation for the launch of astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke, Jr., to the Moon, scheduled for no earlier than April 16, 1972. The astronauts participated in the “dry” or unfueled portion of the CDDT, monitoring spacecraft systems in the same manner as they will on launch day.”
Note the multiple remotely operated cameras, mounted at the different levels, along the left side of the LUT. Also, the parked (and railed) triangular flame deflector in the immediate background.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – because it’s true - the image quality, resolution & ‘richness’ of so many of these vintage black & white NASA photographs is exquisite. Although maybe a little heavy on the contrast, this is gorgeous. I mean…just look at the resolvable detail…further facilitated by my considerate & generous 1200 dpi scan.
Not to mention, this is a rarely seen “head & shoulders portrait” perspective of Apollo 16 on the pad.
“NASA’s Apollo 4 space vehicle successfully completed at Count Down Demonstration Test today, at KSC’s Launch Complex 39 Pad A Merritt Island, Florida.”
Interesting & somewhat applicable today:
www.nasa.gov/feature/lessons-learned-from-apollo-4-countd...
Per "Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey", written by Jonathan H. Ward, the Apollo 4 CDDT was referred to as "The Test from Hell."
Also:
www.drewexmachina.com/2017/11/11/apollo-4-the-first-fligh...
Credit: Andrew LePage/"Drew Ex Machina" website
www.nasa.gov/feature/55-years-ago-apollo-4-the-first-flig...
“The Apollo 17 Saturn V space vehicle vents liquid oxygen during the Countdown Demonstration Test for dress rehearsal for launch. The fully fueled vehicle was counted down to a mock liftoff during the “wet” portion of the test, conducted Nov. 20. After the cryogenic propellants on board the spacecraft were detanked, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt boarded their spacecraft the following day to participate in the “dry” portion of CDDT, which included simulated ignition and liftoff. They will be launched to the Moon Dec. 6, 1972.”
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“The Mobile Service Structure was moved away from the ASTP Saturn 1B rocket early this morning during the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). The CDDT is a step-by-step dress rehearsal for launch which culminates in a simulated T-zero and launch. During the test the stages of the rocket are fueled as they will be on launch day, July 15. Following the simulated liftoff the fuels will be offloaded and the terminal portion of the count will be repeated tomorrow with the prime crew astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton aboard the spacecraft.”
"Apollo 15 CDDT Pad 39A, KSC."
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“The Apollo 16 astronauts leave the suiting room in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) today en route to transfer van for brief ride to their Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle, undergoing Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT) for launch to the Moon. Mission Commander John W. Young leads Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke, Jr., to elevator. They will be launched no earlier than April 16, 1972.”
"The Mobile Service Structure moves away from Apollo 11 at the LC-39A during CDDT."
A camera mounted at the Launch Umbilical Tower's 360-foot level took this fantastic shot of liquid oxygen venting from the second stage of the Apollo 11 Saturn V stack. The fueling exercise was conducted during a Countdown Demonstration Test.
YET AGAIN, ANOTHER left-to-right reversed image! YOU N(Ass)A DUMBASSES. YOU F**KING DUMBASSES. THEN & NOW...stupidity & lackadaisical carelessness lives on...and on...and on.
Dawn breaks behind the ASTP Saturn IB launch vehicle during the Countdown Demonstration Test. The Mobile Service Structure was moved away from the vehicle for the test, which is a step-by-step dress rehearsal for the launch culminating in a simulated T-zero and launch. During the test, the stages of the Saturn IB rocket were fueled as they would be on launch day, July 15. Following the simulated liftoff, the fuels were offloaded and the terminal portion of the count was repeated the next day with the prime crewmen Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton aboard the spacecraft.
A13_0026 Apollo 13 Prime Crew Leaves Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT)
3/26/70
Location: KSC, Pad 39A
NASA or USGS No: 108-KSC-70P-130
The Apollo 13 Prime Crew - Lovell, Haise and Mattingly - leave Pad 39A after completion of the Apollo 13 Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). Post-CDDT detanking of oxygen tank No. 2 overheated and damaged the tank, which ”was a potential bomb the next time it was filled with oxygen.” - Jim Lovell, Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, Cortright, E. M., Ed., NASA SP-350, 1975, p. 263.NASA Caption: “The Apollo 13 prime crew boards their transfer van at Complex 39's Pad A shortly after the successful completion of the Countdown Demonstration Test as 2:13 p.m. EST today. From left are Astronauts Fred Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell, commander, and Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot. The moon's Fra Mauro region, a highlands area approximately 100 miles east of the Apollo 12 landing site on the Ocean of Storms, is the Apollo 13 landing site. Apollo 13 is scheduled for launch from KSC at 2:13 p.m. EST on April 11.”
This image is part of a collection to commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 Mission.
The San Diego Air and Space Museum is celebrating the 2015 Centennial of the Pan American Exposition by honoring one of the most memorable space flights in history. The Apollo 13 crew, astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise, join the San Diego Air & Space Museum Saturday, March 21st for a rare 45th Anniversary Celebration appearance and personal recap of their historic mission. The celebration also honors the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo race to the moon and those people who made it happen.
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