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OTD In Space – February 26: 1st Launch Of Saturn 1B Rocket
NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper stage, it was designed ...
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Launch Complex 39: From Saturn to Shuttle to SpaceX and SLS
To save money, NASA mothballed the old Saturn IB Pads 34 and 37, and put a “milk stool” on one of the launch platforms, lifting the rocket over a hundred feet so that the rocket’s second ...
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the “Dry Workshop” – which would see the stage converted before launch – and the “Wet Workshop” which would convert a live S-IVB stage from a Saturn IB launch on-orbit. As a dedicated ...
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A test flight with a number of firsts
The Saturn IB rocket, which was built on the 10 successful ... they were trucked to the launch pad and stacked on top of the rocket by December. By January 1966, the final pieces were in place ...
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OTD In Space – February 26: 1st Launch Of Saturn 1B Rocket
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