| VOLUMN IV
NUMBER 27
6 June 1959
HUGE TOWER TO BE BUILT UNDER ARMY SUPERVISION
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., (AFPS) —
A 28-story self-propelled
mobile tower—-which will be
able to erect and service
the Army developed Saturn,
a huge space vehicle boost
er—will be constructed in
the near future under the
supervision of the Army en
^<p.neer District, J^ckson
^^•ille Fla.
The 305-foot structural
steel tower will be built
at Cape Canaveral as a part 1
of tiie Advanced Research '
Projects Agency's Project
Saturn. ;
Each of the two giant
legs comprising the skele
. tal form of the structure
■' will be supported on steel
wheeled trucks for operation
i on steel rails. A traction
system will move the towe*
40feet per minute with wind
velocity of 40 knots or less
allowing the tower to bo
kept at a safe distance
from the Saturn launching
pad in case of an on-pad
13ND-6243
mishap.
All areas of the multi
stage rocket will be easily
accessible for servicing
by means of six retractable
service platforms, each of’"
which can be vertically ad- '
justed to suit the test ve
hicle.
PATIENT RIDER—P02 GeneNfet
calf wears the new Mark IV
space suit he's set to test
under blast-off conditions
at the Naval Air Material
center in Philadelphia •
Seated at the bottom of a
145-f^ot test tower, he's
about to take a 193 ride
with the blast 'increasing
the rider's weight to about
20 times his normal weight
in the first 72 inches of
flight.
Navy-DPPO 13ND Bremerton, Wash,