Location
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Start Date
3-4-1967 12:00 AM
Description
The Apollo program to land men on the moon is administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Production of the spacecraft command module has been assigned 'to the North American Aviation Company. As a subcontractor to N.A.A., the Avco Corporation is carrying out the design and fabrication of the ablative heat shield for this module. Avco has the responsibility for the complete thermal design of the heat shield and for the analysis of any structural effect of the ablative material on the total vehicle. The environmental requirements which the heat shield must satisfy are determined by North American.
The Apollo spacecraft command module houses the three-man crew during flight and is the only part of the spacecraft to re-enter the earth's atmosphere at the completion of the lunar mission. It is a cone-shaped vehicle with a blunt base and is composed of an airtight aluminum inner crew compartment suspended within a stainless steel outer shell.
Applying the Ablative Heat Shield to the Apollo Spacecraft
Cocoa Beach, Florida
The Apollo program to land men on the moon is administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Production of the spacecraft command module has been assigned 'to the North American Aviation Company. As a subcontractor to N.A.A., the Avco Corporation is carrying out the design and fabrication of the ablative heat shield for this module. Avco has the responsibility for the complete thermal design of the heat shield and for the analysis of any structural effect of the ablative material on the total vehicle. The environmental requirements which the heat shield must satisfy are determined by North American.
The Apollo spacecraft command module houses the three-man crew during flight and is the only part of the spacecraft to re-enter the earth's atmosphere at the completion of the lunar mission. It is a cone-shaped vehicle with a blunt base and is composed of an airtight aluminum inner crew compartment suspended within a stainless steel outer shell.
