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Design and material evaluation program for fabrication of large ablative motor nozzle and exit cone
Design, fabrication, and test firing of 260 inch diameter solid rocket engine
Tape wrapped ablative steel jacketed nozzle for 156 and 200 inch diameter solid propellant rocket engines
Static tests of 65 inch diameter subscale rocket engines to evaluate nozzle fabrication methods, nozzle materials, liner material, case insulation, and propellant
Manufacture and firing test results for large prototype solid rocket motor
Structural metallurgical evaluation of as fabricated motor case
The consolidated instrumentation plan is presented for employing optical and electronic data acquisition systems to monitor the performance and trajectory of Skylab 1 and Skylab 2 vehicles during the launch phase. Telemetry, optical, and electronic tracking equipment on board the vehicles, and data acquisition systems monitoring the flights are discussed. Flight safety instrumentation, vehicle data transmission systems, and instrumentation geography are also described.
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Data are presented on G and N system performance and operation for the CM. Data of measured CM IMU test data are included.
Data on the gyro and navigation system performance and operation for the command module are presented. Each reported failure was analyzed with respect to its likelihood of occurence in flight and its impact on the mission.
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The results of tests on processing the overexposed film on Skylab 4 are reported. The results of tests on type 2443 film exposed without a Wratten 12 filter are also included.
The liquid film demonstration experiment performed on Skylab 4 by Astronaut Gerald Carr, which involved the construction of water and soap films by boundary expansion and inertia, is discussed. Results include a 1-ml globule of water expanded into a 7-cm-diameter film as well as complex film structures produced by inertia whose lifetimes are longer in the low-g environment. Also discussed are 1-g acceleration experiments in which the unprovoked rupture of films was photographed and film lifetimes of stationary and rotated soap films were compared. Finally, there is a mathematical discussion regarding minimal surfaces, an isoperimetric problem, and liquid films.
Field measurements performed simultaneously with Skylab overpasses in order to provide comparative calibration and performance evaluation measurements for the EREP sensors are presented. The solar radiation region from 400 to 1300 nanometers and the thermal radiation region from 8 to 14 micrometer region were investigated. The measurements of direct solar radiation were analyzed for atmospheric optical depth; the total and reflected solar radiation were analyzed for target reflectivity. These analyses were used in conjunction with a radiative transfer computer program in order to calculate the amount and spectral distribution of solar radiation at the apertures of the EREP sensors. The instrumentation and techniques employed, calibrations and analyses performed, and results obtained are discussed.