Detail View: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection: Saturn IBC S-IVB Stage

Name of Image: 
Saturn IBC S-IVB Stage
Full Description: 
Workmen secure a J-2 engine onto the S-IVB (second) stage thrust structure. As part of Marshall Space Center's "building block" approach to the Saturn development, the S-IVB was utilized in the Saturn IBC launch vehicle as a second stage and the Saturn V launch vehicle as a third stage. The booster, built for NASA by McDornell Douglas Corporation, was powered by a single J-2 engine, initially capable of 200,000 pounds of thrust.
Date of Image: 
1967-01-01
Category: 
Saturn Apollo Program
term: 
J-2 engine
facet_what: 
Saturn
facet_where: 
Douglas
Reference Number: 
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #: 
6757790
NIX #: 
MSFC-6757790
MSFC Negative Number: 
6757790
UID: 
SPD-MARSH-6757790
original url: 
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1061