The first stage (S-1-C) of Apollo 6 (A/S 502) is erected at the Vehicle Assembly Building. The unmanned Apollo 6 mission will be launched by a Saturn V rocket and will conduct systems tests, propulsion burns and heat-shield tests at re-entry speeds
SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Matthew Butler, USAF, Fuel Systems Repair journeyman, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Fuels Flight, Aviano AB, Italy, secures the heat shield on an Emergency Power Unit (EPU) with safety wire after performing routine maintenance
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Davis, 22nd Maintenance Squadron (MXS), cleans the heat shield for an aircraft wheel inside the wheel and tire shop regional repair facility located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK)
Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) Sergeant (SGT) Pete Steele, of DeKalb, Mississippi, removes a heat shield from an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) engine, in support of Hurricane Katrina Relief operations. (A3597)
Propane bubble chamber removed from heat shield. Photograph taken August 29, 1956. CC-371
