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Official NASA ‘Saturn’ post-launch report for the Apollo 13 mission entitled “Saturn V Launch Vehicle Flight Evaluation Report AS-508, Apollo 13 Mission” (MPR-SAT-FE-70-2), approximately 213 pages, 8 x 10.5, prepared by the Saturn Flight Evaluation Working Group. The report contains 17 sections: Introduction; Event Times; Launch Operations; Trajectory; Lunar Impact; S-IC Propulsion; S-II Propulsion; S-IVB Propulsion; Structures; Guidance and Navigation; Control and Separation; Electrical Networks and Emergency Detection System; Vehicle Pressure and Acoustic Environment; Vehicle Thermal Environment; Environmental Control Systems; Data Systems; Mass Characteristics; and Spacecraft Summary.
The opening abstract reads: “Saturn V AS-508 (Apollo 13 Mission) was launched at 14:13:00.00 Eastern Standard Time on April 11, 1970, from Kennedy Space Center, Complex 39, Pad A. The vehicle lifted off on schedule on a launch azimuth of 90 degrees east of north and rolled to a flight azimuth of 72.043 degrees east of north. The launch vehicle successfully placed the manned spacecraft in the planned translunar injection coast mode despite a premature S-II center engine cutoff. The S-IVB/IU impacted the lunar surface at 2.5 ±0.5 degrees south and 27.9 ±0.1 degrees west at 280,601.0 seconds (77:56:41.0) which was 65.5 +7.8, -4.8 kilometers (35.4 +4.2, -2.6 nmi) from the target of 3 degrees south and 30 degrees west. Impact velocity was 2579 m/s (8461 ft/s).” In fine condition, with a short tear to the front cover.
