Launch Complex 37 Pre-launch Preparations for Saturn I

Launch Complex 37 Pre-launch Preparations for Saturn I

Pre-launch Preparations for Saturn I

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)

Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

A view inside Launch Complex 37's blockhouse at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) the day before the launch of the Saturn I (SA-7) on its final qualification flight. Saturn I was the first heavy-lift dedicated space launcher used in the United States. The Saturn I rocket was designed to launch payloads into low Earth orbit and was the most powerful launch vehicle used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to date. The rocket was used for testing rocket motor technology, aerodynamics, flight control and mockups (boilerplate) versions of the Apollo Command/Service Modules. Ten Saturn I rockets were flown until the model was replaced by the Saturn IB.

Original black and white photographic print, September 17, 1964: Larry Summers Collection.

1964-09-17

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, September 17, 1964.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Copyright to this resource is held by Larry Summers and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"John F. Kennedy Space Center - Unmanned Saturn 7 (SA-7)." 2015. John F. Kennedy Space Center. Accessed September 25. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/sa-7/sa-7.htm.

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