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Huntsville's Apollo space program recognized with new coin
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, under the guidance of aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun, the Saturn V rocket stood at an impressive 363 feet tall, equivalent to a 36-story building.
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NASA Shook Apollo Rockets To Check They Could Survive Florida’s Hurricane Season
Shake it like you mean it. The race to land man on the moon in the 1960s was a wild time for engineers, who were working at the edge of what was possible to try and fly a rocket the size of a 25 ...
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Like earlier Saturn V missions, the rocket was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, with build-up commencing on Aug. 2, 1972. The rocket was stacked atop Mobile ...
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From launch to lunar landing: Photos show first journey to the moon 50 years ago
the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V ...