Saturn V dynamic test stand
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Saturn V dynamic test stand, also known as dynamic structural test facility,[1] at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama is the test stand used for testing of the Saturn V rocket and the Space Shuttle prior to the vehicles' first flights. Designated building 4550,[2] it stands Script error: No such module "convert". tall and is Script error: No such module "convert". square.[3] Its central bay has maximum dimensions of Script error: No such module "convert"., and it is topped by a derrick capable of moving 200-ton objects in a Script error: No such module "convert". radius. An elevator provides access to 15 levels in the structure, and a cable tunnel connects the building to control facilities in the space center's East Test Area.[2]
NASA built the test stand in 1964 to conduct mechanical and vibrational tests on the fully assembled Saturn V rocket. Major problems capable of causing failure of the vehicle were discovered and corrected here.[4] The new building was so tall that in 1966 when the Saturn V first stage was entering, an observer noted, "Fog and clouds hovered around the top of the Script error: No such module "convert". tall test stand most of the day while the Script error: No such module "convert". stage was being lifted from its transporter into place inside the stand, said to be the tallest building in Alabama."[5] The stand was used to test how spacecraft behaved when put under vibrating and bending stresses, and to test the connections between major stages of the craft.[2]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its role in the Saturn V program.[4][2]
In addition to the Saturn V dynamic test vehicle, designated SA-500D, two Space Shuttle test vehicles, Pathfinder and Enterprise, were also tested in this facility.
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The Space Shuttle Orbiter simulator is hoisted into the Saturn V dynamic test stand in 1977
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The Shuttle Enterprise is loaded into the Saturn V dynamic test stand for a shake test, c. 1978
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