50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled out from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. The super heavy rockets were built and used for ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
Standing 177 feet tall (54 meters), the two boosters will provide the majority ... the VAB was previously used to stack the Apollo-era Saturn V rocket and the space shuttles that flew for 30 ...
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OTD In Space – March 28: Last Test Flight Of NASA's Saturn 1 Rocket Booster
NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. This uncrewed suborbital ...
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The V-2 rocket: One of Hitler's deadliest weapons
In 1960, von Braun became both the director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre and the chief architect of the Saturn V rocket. The very same technology that had been used in the V-2 rockets was ...