Saturn V - the Rocket That Took Humanity to the Moon.

I welcome you all to my first Instructable. What I have come up with to enter the Space Contest is a Literal 1:60 scale of The original Saturn V Rocket which took Neil armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to The Moon, The project I've made is fully 3d printed and has over 200 individual parts which is because I planned to make a complete replica.

A model which is comparable to the original Saturn V, the only difference being the size.

Every single part was used in the rocket and none have been excluded.

I have not printed just the Gantry and Platform base, because that went over budget and I'll hopefully make that too if I win this.

I really hope you like this model and that this will inspire you to build your own.

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY THE FINAL PRODUCT AND THE EXPLANATION AND STEPS IS MADE BY ME,

OTHER CREDITS BELONG TO FARSCAPE1 FROM THNGIVERSE FOR THE DESIGN.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:911891 IS THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL CREATOR.

The supplies you need for this project are extremely simple and you all probably have it if you are into 3d printing.

1) A 3d printer and minimum 2 kilograms of filament (for a smaller scale rocket) or 3-5 for the same one as mine. (white is preferred).

2) Spray paint, The colors needed are:

• Grey or Silver.
• Black.
• Army green.
• Clear paint.
• Red and Blue ( note that red and blue are for the USA flag, you can do it with your Country's flag as well.

3) The 3rd and final thing you'll need is Sanding paper and glue, This is to clear off any rough sides from the 3d print and stick parts together.

You will need to gather all the parts above to get started.

Now this is the hardest part and I'll take the next few steps to put them all in.

The CM is divided into three compartments: forward, crew, and aft. The forward compartment is the relatively small area at the apex of the module, the crew compartment occupies most of the center section of the structure, and the aft compartment is another relatively small area around the periphery of the module near the base. During boost and entry the CM is oriented so that its aft section is down, like an automobile resting on its rear bumper. In this position the astronauts are on their backs; the couches are installed so that the astronauts face the apex of the module. In the weightlessness of space the orientation of the craft would make little difference except in maneuvers like docking, where the craft is moved forward so that the probe at the C M's apex engages the drogue on the L M. Generally, however, the module will be oriented in space so that its apex is forward. Crewmen will spend much of their time on their couches, but they can leave them and move around. With the seat portion of the center couch folded, two astronauts can stand at the same time. The astronauts will sleep in two sleeping bags which are mounted beneath the left and right couches. The sleeping bags attach to the CM structure and have restraints so that a crewman can sleep either in or out of his space suit. Food, water, clothing, waste management, and other equipment are packed into bays which line the walls of the craft. The cabin normally will be pressurized to about 5 pounds per square inch (about a third of sea level pressure) and the temperature will be controlled at about 75°F. The pressurization and controlled atmosphere will enable the three crewmen to spend much of their time out of their suits. They will be in their space suits, however, during critical phases of the mission such as launch, entry, docking, and crew transfer. The astronaut in the left-hand couch is the spacecraft commander. In addition to the duties of command, he will normally operate the spacecraft's flight controls. The astronaut in the center couch is the CM pilot; his principal task is guidance and navigation, although he also will fly the spacecraft at times. On the lunar mission, he is the astronaut who will remain in the CM while the other two descend to the surface of the moon. The astronaut in the right-hand couch is the LM pilot and his principal task is management of spacecraft subsystems. Although each has specific duties, any of the astronauts can take over the duties of another. The command module has been designed so that one astronaut can return it safely to earth.

The Apollo command and service module was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.

The F-1, commonly known as Rocketdyne F1, is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. This engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and used in the Saturn V rocket in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The first stage of the Saturn V Rocket includes the five F-1 engines producing nearly 7.7 million pounds of thrust. These powerful engines are required to lift the heavy rocket fast enough to escape Earth's gravity. The first stage engines are burned at liftoff and last for about 2.5 minutes taking the vehicle and payload to an altitude of 38 miles. The first stage then separates and burns up in the Earth's atmosphere. The first Saturn V was launched in an unmanned Earth orbital flight on November 9, 1967, with all three stages performing perfectly. Only one additional research and development flight test was made. Then on its third launch the huge Saturn V was manned. It sent astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders on a voyage highlighted by mankind's first orbits of the Moon, on Christmas Eve, 1968.

The Saturn V Second Stage contained five J-2 engines. After the first stage was discarded, the second stage burned for approximately 6 minutes taking the vehicle and payload to 115 miles altitude. The second stage was also discarded. The second stage, powered by five J-2 engines that burned liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, was provided by the Rockwell International Corporation. Its engines ignited in fight after the first stage dropped away. The second stage performed for 6-112 minutes, reaching a height of 115 statute miles, 935 miles downrange, and a speed of 15,500 miles-per-hour in its Apollo configuration.

The J-2 was a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine used on NASA's Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. Built in the U.S. by Rocketdyne, the J-2 burned cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants, with each engine producing 1,033.1 kN of thrust in vacuum.

The McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company provided the Saturn V's third stage. It launched in the spring of 1973. Once the second stage of the Saturn V reached a height of 115 statute miles, 935 miles down range, and a speed of 15,500 miles-per-hour the Saturn V's single engine third stage ignited, burning for about two minutes to place itself, the instrument unit, containing the guidance system, and the Apollo spacecraft into orbit at an altitude of 115 miles and a speed of almost 17,500 miles-per-hour. After a thorough checkout of equipment in earth orbit, the engine reignited and burned for 5-112 minutes reaching the lunar transfer velocity of 25,000 miles per hour, enough to escape earth orbit. After the propulsion system was removed, the stage was fitted on the ground with equipment that permitted three astronauts to live and work in space for long periods of time

Now Of course you can't just build a rocket this huge with just the parts, you need a complete guide.

To open the guide, you'll need an Edrawings viewer and I recommend you to download it from here...

https://www.edrawingsviewer.com/download-edrawings

now the next thing is to grab the guide itself, here it is...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFCaaiYEAc4t8b7-nIBka4y8OpBJ1SY7/view?usp=sharing

after you get everything right on spot, we begin the assembly.

Now, according to the 3d drawing file, you'll have to locate and fix each part together with glue to achieve the final product.

after going through all the steps thoroughly, we will have made the same rocket that took the astronauts to the moon first and that too just 60 times smaller than the original, this must feel like a big achievement after completing it, believe me, I really did feel proud, I thought that I would share this on instructables so that all of you benefit too.

Let's call this a day, this is aslam signing off and I'll catch you all in the next one.