VIPs swarmed to KSC in the times ahead of the launch. Von Braun arrived on November six, scheduled for an distinctive government dinner and convention that evening. NASA executives, figures from marketplace, Congressional leaders and diplomats also arrived to the launch.[forty one] Each and every NASA center concerned had a list of VIP visitors, as

The S-IVB also continued to thrust in a small stage by venting gaseous hydrogen, to help keep propellants settled in their tanks and stop gaseous cavities from forming in propellant feed strains. This venting also taken care of Secure pressures as liquid hydrogen boiled off from the fuel tank. This venting thrust very easily exceeded aerodynamic dr