At 3:50 p.m. the Apollo 18 spacecraft, aboard a Saturn 1B rocket, departed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald “Deke” Slayton.

A rocket center report from 2022 described the Saturn 1B as an “overlooked workhorse of the Apollo program.” Among its tasks was as the launch vehicle for the Skylab mission that is ...

In the time between Apollo 4 and Apollo 6, the Lunar Module had carried out its own test flight – Apollo 5 – having been boosted by the same Saturn IB that had originally been stacked for ...

The Saturn 1B also was used for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Carnival cruise set to sail out of Mobile for the next five years The rocket was installed at the Alabama Welcome Center 44 ...

For those entering the state of Alabama from Tennessee on I-65, chances are you’ve probably seen the Saturn 1B rocket at the Ardmore Welcome Center — but officials say the rocket has an uncer… ...

As for the launch vehicle pictured above, the Saturn IB was the final in a series that began with the Saturn V check-out vehicle, followed by 12 flight Saturn V rockets for the Apollo Moon program ...

The iconic Saturn 1B rocket, which has stood over the Alabama Welcome Center in Elkmont for almost 44 years, will soon be taken down due to safety concerns. Skip Navigation.

The Saturn IB's story is defined by being perpetually in the shadow of its colossal, unworldly-powerful big cousin. But as we'll find, there would be no Saturn V, no Apollo moon rocket, heck ...

According to NASA, Saturn 1B was part of the Apollo program and first launched into orbit in 1966 to train for manned flights to the moon.

At 3:50 p.m. the Apollo 18 spacecraft, aboard a Saturn 1B rocket, departed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance […] (WHTM) On July 15, 1975, two rockets ...