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Test cell that helped put man on moon completed 60 years ago

The rocket motor for the Apollo Service Module is installed for testing in J-3 at Arnold Air Force Base in 1966. The motor was repeatedly test fired in near space conditions to help NASA qualify the system as man-rated for the flight to the moon. This year marks the 60th anniversary of completion of the construction on J-3 and the initiation of the first operational test in the cell. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Test cell that helped put man on moon completed 60 years ago

The Post Boost Vehicle, fourth stage of the Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, is installed for testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Center J-3 test cell at Arnold Air Force Base in the early 1990s. The Post Boost Vehicle provided all the propulsion for the fourth stage. This year marks the 60th anniversary of completion of the construction on J-3 and the initiation of the first operational test in the cell. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Saturn V model undergoes basic aerodynamic testing and evaluation in AEDC's 16-foot transonic propusion wind tunnel in 1966.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

The Apollo Service Module rocket being raised into position prior to testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in support support of the Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

A wall section of the Saturn IB II Stage after testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex in support of the Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

A wall section of the Saturn IB II Stage after testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex in support of the Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Apollo 11 mission commander Neil A. Armstrong, second from the right, the first man to step on the moon, visited AEDC in 1971 with a group of NASA and DoD officials who stopped during their tour of VKF to inspect some fo the wind tunnel models.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Saturn J2 engine ready to test at Arnold Engineering Development Complex in support of the Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

A scale model of the Apollo three-man capsule, with escape tower and jettison rocket attached, for aerodynamic testing in the von Kármán Gas Dynamic Facility 40-inch supersonic wind tunnel in 1962.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

A scale model of the Apollo three-man capsule, with escape tower and jettison rocket attached, for aerodynamic testing in the von Kármán Gas Dynamic Facility 40-inch supersonic wind tunnel in 1962.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

A 1/20 scale model of the Saturn launch vehicle is adjusted prior to testing in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base. This particular test examined base heating during the Saturn launch, and the testing resulted in changes to the turbine exhaust ports to reduce base heating. The Saturn V was the launch vehicle used to get crew of the Apollo 11 spaceflight to the moon. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

The Apollo Command Module instrumented for testing at Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

NASA had AEDC conduct on the surface, solar cells and exposed componets of space vechicle Centaur-Voyager, a full-scale segment w/ a 5,000 lb retro rocket, mounted as it would be on the Saturn S-IVB booster. Test simulated altitudes of up to 133,000 ft.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

Arnold Engineering Development Complex support to Apollo program.
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AEDC support to Apollo program

The importance of test before flight was on display at Arnold Air Force Base in 1964 when a nozzle proposed for the Apollo service module’s rocket engine crumpled shortly after ignition when tested under simulated high-altitude conditions in the Rocket Test Facility J-3 test cell. The engine before collapse is shown on the left, and the crumpled engine is shown on the right. Test data helped in the development of nozzles which withstood test firings. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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