First Launch of Apollo-Saturn Configuration

First Launch of Apollo-Saturn Configuration

Launch of Apollo-Saturn Configuration

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)

Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

The first Apollo-Saturn launch vehicle as it sat on Launch Pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, before its launch on May 28, 1964. 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, April 24, 1964: Leonard Pugh Collection.

1964-04-24

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, April 24, 1964.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

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

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"Saturn I : The Saturn I Rocket." Historic Spacecraft. Accessed June 26, 2015. http://historicspacecraft.com/Rockets_Saturn.html#Saturn_I.

1 black and white photographic print