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Saturn Apollo Program, NASA history collection

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA history collection

This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, “Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo ... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The photograph shows the completed Saturn 1 S-1 stage (booster) during the checkout in the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705, January 23, 1961. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, ... More

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group led by Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Redstone launch photographed here, from November 17, 1954, was the fifth launch of a Redstone rocket. n/a

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, ...

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group led by Dr. Wernher von Braun. The R... More

Navaho in flight, 1957. Navaho is a surface-to-surface missile developed by North American Aviation under the U.S. Air Force Navaho Program. The Navaho engine was an improvement of the V-2 engine. Though program began in March 1946 and was cancelled in July 1957, the research to develop the Navaho engine contributed to the development of the Redstone, Jupiter, Thor, and ATLAS engines. n/a

Navaho in flight, 1957. Navaho is a surface-to-surface missile develop...

Navaho in flight, 1957. Navaho is a surface-to-surface missile developed by North American Aviation under the U.S. Air Force Navaho Program. The Navaho engine was an improvement of the V-2 engine. Though progra... More

NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) test tower being modified for testing the Saturn booster.

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The H-1 engines for the Saturn I vehicle in the alignment fixture. A cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of the Saturn I launch vehicle. The H-1 engine was developed under the direc... More

NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency

The first circumferential welding being applied on a Saturn fuel container in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) fabrication laboratory, Building 4707, in May 1959.

Commemorative plaque, attached to the leg of the Lunar Module (LM), Eagle - Saturn Apollo Program

Commemorative plaque, attached to the leg of the Lunar Module (LM), Ea...

Millions of people on Earth watched via television as a message for all mankind was delivered to the Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility) region of the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission, where it s... More

Apollo 12 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 12 - Saturn Apollo Program

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the... More

Saturn I in the fabrication and engineering laboratory - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I in the fabrication and engineering laboratory - Saturn Apollo...

The Saturn I S-I stage is being assembled in the fabrication and engineering laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The two end spider beams are cornected to the central 267-centimeter diameter liquid-... More

Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation system will safely and reliably carry human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. The Ares I effort includes multiple project element teams at NASA centers and contract organizations around the nation, and is managed by the Exploration Launch Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MFSC). ATK Launch Systems near Brigham City, Utah, is the prime contractor for the first stage booster. ATK's subcontractor, United Space Alliance of Houston, is designing, developing and testing the parachutes at its facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston hosts the Constellation Program and Orion Crew Capsule Project Office and provides test instrumentation and support personnel. Together, these teams are developing vehicle hardware, evolving proven technologies, and testing components and systems. Their work builds on powerful, reliable space shuttle propulsion elements and nearly a half-century of NASA space flight experience and technological advances. Ares I is an inline, two-stage rocket configuration topped by the Crew Exploration Vehicle, its service module, and a launch abort system. This HD video image depicts friction stir welding used in manufacturing aluminum panels that will fabricate the Ares I upper stage barrel. The aluminum panels are subjected to confidence panel tests during which the bent aluminum is stressed to breaking point and thoroughly examined. The panels are manufactured by AMRO Manufacturing located in El Monte, California.    (Highest resolution available) n/a

Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief...

Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation sy... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - at Marshall Space Flight Center in ...

This small group of unidentified officials is dwarfed by the gigantic size of the Saturn V first stage (S-1C) at the shipping area of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center in ... More

Saturn Apollo Program - The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB

Saturn Apollo Program - The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB

The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage blasted from the test stand at Douglas Aircraft Co., Sacramento Test Operation (SACTO) facility in California. This third stage was used on the unmarned Saturn V ... More

Saturn I RL-10 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I RL-10 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

RL-10 engine characteristics. The RL-10 engine was developed under the management of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to power the Saturn I upper stage (S-IV stage). The six RL-10 engines, which used liq... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

This image illustrates the basic differences between the three Saturn launch vehicles developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Saturn I, consisted of two stages, the S-I (eight H-1 engines) and the S-... More

Saturn I H-1 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I H-1 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

H-1 engine characteristics: The H-1 engine was developed under the management of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The cluster of eight H-1 engines was used to power the first stage of the Saturn I (S-I ... More

Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program

The F-1 engine was developed and built by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center. It measured 19 feet tall by 12.5 feet at the nozzle exit, and produced a 1,500,000-pound thrust usin... More

Saturn Apollo Program - F-1 rocket engine

Saturn Apollo Program - F-1 rocket engine

This chart provides the vital statistics for the F-1 rocket engine. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to ... More

Saturn V J-2 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V J-2 engine - Saturn Apollo Program

This chart is an illustration of J-2 Engine characteristics. A cluster of five J-2 engines powered the Saturn V S-II (second) stage with each engine providing a thrust of 200,000 pounds. A single J-2 engine pow... More

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This ... More

Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program - Research Technology

Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program - Resea...

Originally investigated in the 1960's by Marshall Space Flight Center plarners as part of the Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program, nuclear-thermal rocket propulsion has been more rece... More

Installation the H-1 engines into the S-IB stage - Saturn Apollo Program

Installation the H-1 engines into the S-IB stage - Saturn Apollo Progr...

Workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana install the H-1 engines into the S-IB stage, the Saturn IB launch vehicle's first stage. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and bu... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - eight H-1 engines

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - eight H-1 engines

A Cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of Saturn I (S-I stage) and Saturn IB (S-IB stage). The engines were arranged in a double pattern. Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in... More

Saturn I - testing of the Saturn I S-I (first) stage - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - testing of the Saturn I S-I (first) stage - Saturn Apollo P...

Pictured is one of the earliest testing of the Saturn I S-I (first) stage, with a cluster of eight H-1 engines, at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). It was a part of the test program to prove out the clu... More

Saturn V assembled LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel tanks  - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V assembled LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo...

This photograph shows the Saturn V assembled LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel tanks ready for transport from the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The tank... More

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This ... More

Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) - Saturn Apollo Program

This cutaway of the Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) illustrates the booster's components. Powered by six RL-10 engines, the S-IV stage was capable of producing 90,000 pounds of thrust. Development of the Sat... More

 J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, California - Saturn Apollo Program

J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, California - Saturn Apollo Pr...

Workmen inspect a J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, California production facility. The J-2, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid ... More

Saturn I fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo Program

A spider beam for cornecting the Saturn I fuel tanks is being positioned in the fabrication and engineering laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program -  the first stage of the Saturn I

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - the first stage of the Saturn I

This cutaway illustrates the S-I stage, the first stage of the Saturn I vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The stage was propelled by a cluster of eight H-1 engines, capable of produc... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - J-2 engine

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - J-2 engine

The powerful J-2 engine is prominent in this photograph of a Saturn V Third Stage (S-IVB) resting on a transporter in the Manufacturing Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The tower... More

Saturn V first stage - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V first stage - Saturn Apollo Program

This photograph shows a Saturn V first stage (S-1C). This stage was assembled at the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. With assistance by the Boeing Company, the manuf... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program -  I S-I stage is being assembled

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - I S-I stage is being assembled

The Saturn I S-I stage is being assembled in the fabrication and engineering laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The two end spider beams are cornected to the central 267-centimeter diameter liquid-... More

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

This photograph shows a test firing of a Saturn V second stage (S-II) on the S-IC test stand at the Propulsion Test Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana. This second stage component was used in the unmarned tes... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Cluster of eight H-1 engines

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Cluster of eight H-1 engines

A Cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of Saturn I (S-I stage) and Saturn IB (S-IB stage). The engines were arranged in a double pattern. Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in... More

Early Program Development - 1960 artist's concept

Early Program Development - 1960 artist's concept

This 1960 artist's concept shows a 24-hour communication satellite design incorporating an arc engine with a nuclear power source. The concept was one of many missions proposed by the Marshall Space Flight Cent... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

S-IVB-505 and S-IVB-211, the flight version of the S-IVB stages, in the McDornell Douglas' S-IVB Assembly and Checkout Tower in Huntington Beach, California. As a part of the Marshall Space Flight Center `s "bu... More

Saturn Apollo Program J-2 engine undergoes static firing

Saturn Apollo Program J-2 engine undergoes static firing

A J-2 engine undergoes static firing. The J-2, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. A single J-2 was utilized in the S-IVB stage... More

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) workers hoist a dynamic test version of the S-IVB stage, the Saturn IB launch vehicle's second stage, into the Center's Dynamic Test Stand on January 18, 1965. MSFC Test Labo... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) being transported to the test stand

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) be...

This photograph shows the Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) being transported to the test stand for a static test firing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Soon after NASA began operations in October 1958, it ... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

A NASA technician is dwarfed by the gigantic Third Stage (S-IVB) as it rests on supports in a facility at KSC. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than ... More

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960, as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This... More

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program, to prove out the clustered-booster concept, was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. Thi... More

Saturn I liquid oxygen tank - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I liquid oxygen tank - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn I liquid-oxygen (LOX) tank for the Saturn I S-I stage being aligned with the end spider beam in the fabrication and engineering laboratory, building 4705, at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

Saturn Apollo Program H-1 engine

Saturn Apollo Program H-1 engine

Alignment of the H-1 engine performed in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA ), building 4708, in February 1960. A cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of the Saturn I launch veh... More

Saturn I engine test pad - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I engine test pad - Saturn Apollo Program

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) was the birthplace of the United States' rocket program. In the early 1960s, most of the rocket development and testing were done at the MSFC. Pictured is an example of what ... More

Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway. A series of static tests ... More

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt. General Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director celebrate the successful launch of Apollo 11 in the control room at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 16, 1969. Boosted by the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission with a crew of three: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, made the first manned lunar landing. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. von Braun. n/a

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Br...

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt... More

Early Program Development presented by Gerhard Heller of Marshall Space Flight Center's Research Projects Division

Early Program Development presented by Gerhard Heller of Marshall Spac...

As presented by Gerhard Heller of Marshall Space Flight Center's Research Projects Division in 1961, this chart illustrates three basic types of electric propulsion systems then under consideration by NASA. The... More

Saturn 1 launch vehicle -  Apollo Program

Saturn 1 launch vehicle - Apollo Program

Pictured in front of the Saturn 1 launch vehicle are (L to R): Dr. Rocco Petrone, Director of Launch Operations at Kennedy Space Center; Dr. Werher von Braun, Director of Marshall Space Flight Center; Dr. Oswal... More

Saturn C1 - Apollo Program, America Space Program

Saturn C1 - Apollo Program, America Space Program

Progress in the Saturn program, depicted below, was described by Dr. Wernher von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director, in an appearance before the Senate Committee of Aeronautical and Space Scien... More

Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring) vehicle - Early Program Development

Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring) vehicle - Early Program Development

A Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring) vehicle clears the launch tower atop an Air Force Titan II launch vehicle in this 1961 artist's concept. Originally conceived by the U.S. Air Force in 1957 as a marned, rocket-prop... More

Saturn I S-I stage with eight H-1 engines - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I S-I stage with eight H-1 engines - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn I S-I stage with eight H-1 engines, located in Marshall Space Flight Center building 4705, showing the positioning of eight H-1 engines. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using ... More

Saturn I stages - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I stages - Saturn Apollo Program

The S-I stages for the Saturn I (SA-1 at right and SA-2 at left) are being assembled at the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using liquid oxyg... More

Saturn I S-1 stage - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I S-1 stage - Saturn Apollo Program

The completely assembled Saturn 1 S-1 stage is being ready for checkout in the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705, January 18, 1961. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using liquid... More

Saturn I launch vehicle - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I launch vehicle - Saturn Apollo Program

A completed Saturn I launch vehicle in the Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Division at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Saturn I launch vehicle is composed of an S-I first stage or booster (rear), pow... More

Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway. A series of static tests ... More

Saturn Apollo Program - SA-1 booster (Saturn I S-I stage)

Saturn Apollo Program - SA-1 booster (Saturn I S-I stage)

This night photograph depicts the SA-1 booster (Saturn I S-I stage) being removed from the test stand after the first flight qualification testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

Module Nova concept - Solid C-3 Basis - Early Program Development

Module Nova concept - Solid C-3 Basis - Early Program Development

This artist's concept illustrates the Module Nova concept - Solid C-3 Basis. From 1960 to 1962, the Marshall Space Flight Center considered the Nova launch vehicle as a means to achieve a marned lunar landing w... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile ballistic traj... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

This image depicts the Saturn I launch vehicle placed in the dynamic test stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). A dummy booster was moved to the dynamic test stand early in June, and, for the first ... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The Marshall Space Flight Center's first Saturn I vehicle, SA-1, lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 27, 1961. This early configuration, Saturn I Block I, 162 feet tall and weighing 460 tons, con... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile ballistic trajectory ... More

Early Program Development Module Nova concept

Early Program Development Module Nova concept

This artist's concept illustrates the Module Nova concept - Solid C-3 Basis. From 1960 to 1962, the Marshall Space Flight Center considered the Nova launch vehicle as a means to achieve a marned lunar landing w... More

Early Program Development. NASA public domain image colelction.

Early Program Development. NASA public domain image colelction.

This artist's concept from 1962 show a three hundred-sixty ton spaceship, powered by a forty-megawatt nuclear-electric power plant, transporting a three-man crew to Mars. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight ... More

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The congressional group was composed of members of the Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight. They were briefed on MSFC's manned space efforts earlier in the day and then inspected mockups of the Saturn I Workshop and the Apollo Telescope Mount, two projects developed by MSFC for the post-Apollo program. Pictured left-to-right are Dieter Grau, MSFC; Konrad Dannenberg, MSFC; James G. Fulton, Republican representative for Pennsylvania; Joe Waggoner, Democratic representative for Louisiana; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of MSFC. n/a

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The con... More

Nova rocket - Early Program Development

Nova rocket - Early Program Development

In this 1962 artist's concept , a proposed Nova rocket, shown at right, is compared to a Saturn C-1, left, and a Saturn C-5, center. The Marshall Space Flight Center directed studies of Nova configuration from ... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The second flight of the Saturn I vehicle, the SA-2, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 15, 1962. This vehicle had a secondary mission. After the first stage shutoff, at a 65-mile a... More

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

This photograph depicts the Rocketdyne static firing of the F-1 engine at the towering 76-meter Test Stand 1-C in Area 1-125 of the Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Saturn V S-IC (first) stage utilized... More

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn I (SA-3) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, November 16, 1962. The third launch of Saturn launch vehicles, developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the d... More

Hydrostatic testing on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage fuel tank - Saturn Apollo Program

Hydrostatic testing on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage fuel tank - Sat...

Marshall Space Flight Center successfully conducted hydrostatic testing on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage fuel tank. The first stage was powered by five F-1 engines, that used liquid oxygen and kerosene as its... More

NERVA - Early Program Development

NERVA - Early Program Development

This artist's concept from 1963 shows a proposed NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) incorporating the NRX-A1, the first NERVA-type cold flow reactor. The NERVA engine, based on Kiwi nuclear r... More

Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program

A close-up view of the F-1 Engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage depicts the complexity of the engine. Developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was ut... More

Saturn I S-I stages for the SA-4, SA-6, and SA-7 - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I S-I stages for the SA-4, SA-6, and SA-7 - Saturn Apollo Progr...

In this photograph, the Saturn I S-I stages for the SA-4, SA-6, and SA-7 missions were being assembled at the Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Division in the Marshall Space Flight Center building 4705, Jan... More

Saturn Apollo Program - the upper stage rocket engine

Saturn Apollo Program - the upper stage rocket engine

Smokeless flame juts from the diffuser of a unique vacuum chamber in which the upper stage rocket engine, the hydrogen fueled J-2, was tested at a simulated space altitude in excess of 60,000 feet. The smoke yo... More

Saturn Apollo Program comparative sizes of the rocket engines

Saturn Apollo Program comparative sizes of the rocket engines

This drawing clearly shows the comparative sizes of the rocket engines used to launch the Saturn vehicles. The RL-10 and the H-1 engines were used to launch the Saturn I rockets. The J-2 engine was used on the ... More

Saturn V J-2 engines - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V J-2 engines - Saturn Apollo Program

J-2 engines for the Saturn IB/Saturn V launch vehicles are lined up in the assembly area at Rocketdyne's manufacturing plant in Canoga Park, California. Five J-2 engines provided more than 1,000,000 pounds of t... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

This image depicts an overall view of the vertical test stand for testing the J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Propulsion Field Laboratory, in the Santa Susana Mountains, near Canoga Park, California. The J-2 engines... More

Saturn Apollo Program - working on a mock up of the S-IC thrust structure

Saturn Apollo Program - working on a mock up of the S-IC thrust struct...

This photograph depicts Marshall Space Flight Center employees, James Reagin, machinist (top); Floyd McGinnis, machinist; and Ernest Davis, experimental test mechanic (foreground), working on a mock up of the S... More

Saturn Apollo Program - single H-1 engine test-fired

Saturn Apollo Program - single H-1 engine test-fired

In this photograph, the single H-1 engine was test-fired at Canoga Park, California. Initial development of testing for the H-1 engine took place in the engineering facilities at Rocketdyne's main plant in Cano... More

Saturn Apollo Program - single H-1 engine test-fired

Saturn Apollo Program - single H-1 engine test-fired

A close-up image of the single H-1 engine was test-fired at Canoga Park, California. Initial development of testing for the H-1 engine took place in the engineering facilities at Rocketdyne's main plant in Cano... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a crucial role in the development of the huge Saturn rockets that delivered humans to the moon in the 1960s. Many unique facilities existed at MSFC for the develo... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a crucial role in the development of the huge Saturn rockets that delivered humans to the moon in the 1960s. Many unique facilities existed at MSFC for the develo... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a crucial role in the development of the huge Saturn rockets that delivered humans to the moon in the 1960s. Many unique facilities existed at MSFC for the develo... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a crucial role in the development of the huge Saturn rockets that delivered humans to the moon in the 1960s. Many unique facilities existed at MSFC for the develo... More

Full scale engineering mock-up of Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Full scale engineering mock-up of Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

This image illustrates technicians working on a full scale engineering mock-up of a Saturn V S-IC stage thrust structure nearing completion at the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight C... More

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

The test laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) tested the F-1 engine, the most powerful rocket engine ever fired at MSFC. The engine was tested on the newly modified Saturn IB static test stand ... More

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

The test laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) tested the F-1 engine, the most powerful rocket engine ever fired at MSFC. The engine was tested on the newly modified Saturn IB Static Test Stand ... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

This close-up view of the F-1 engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage shows the engine's complexity, and also its large size as it dwarfs the technician. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the M... More

The launch of the SA-5 - Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The launch of the SA-5 - Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The launch of the SA-5 on January 29, 1964 was the fifth Saturn I launch vehicle. The SA-5 marked a number of firsts in the Marshall Space Flight Center-managed Saturn development program, including the first f... More

The launch of the SA-5 - Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

The launch of the SA-5 - Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program

Developed at MSFC under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, the SA-5 incorporated a Saturn I, Block II engine. Launched on January 29, 1964, SA-5 was the first two stage (Block II) Saturn with orbital capab... More

Saturn Apollo Program - Temporary quarters in the Huntsville Industrial Center

Saturn Apollo Program - Temporary quarters in the Huntsville Industria...

Temporary quarters in the Huntsville Industrial Center (HIC) building located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, as Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) grew. This image shows drafting specialists from the Propuls... More

Saturn V SII (2nd Stage) - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V SII (2nd Stage) - Saturn Apollo Program

This illustration, with callouts, is of the Saturn V SII (2nd Stage) developed by the Space Division of North American Aviation under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center. The 82-foot-long and 33-f... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

The flame and exhaust from the test firing of an F-1 engine blast out from the Saturn S-IB Static Test Stand in the east test area of the Marshall Space Flight Center. A Cluster of five F-1 engines, located in ... More

Saturn V S-II second stage booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V S-II second stage booster - Saturn Apollo Program

Two technicians apply insulation to the outer surface of the S-II second stage booster for the Saturn V moon rocket. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller... More

Saturn I second stage - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn I second stage - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) for the SA-7 mission being prepared for shipment to Cape Canaveral, Florida. The S-IV stage had six RL-10 engines, which used liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as its prop... More

Saturn Apollo Program instrument unit (IU) component assembly

Saturn Apollo Program instrument unit (IU) component assembly

This image depicts a high angle view of technicians working on the instrument unit (IU) component assembly for the SA-8 mission in Marshall Space Flight Center's building 4705. A thin, circular structure, only ... More

Saturn V fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo Program

This photograph shows the components for the Saturn V S-IC stage fuel tank assembly in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, building 4707, at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Left to right are uppe... More

Saturn Apollo Program - astronaut Frank Borman official portrait

Saturn Apollo Program - astronaut Frank Borman official portrait

This is the official portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. A career Air Force officer from 1950, his assignments included service as a fighter pilot, an operational pilot and instructor, an experimental test pilo... More

The launch of the SA-7 (Saturn I Block II) - Saturn Apollo Program

The launch of the SA-7 (Saturn I Block II) - Saturn Apollo Program

The launch of the SA-7 (Saturn I Block II) was on September 18, 1964. The SA-7 mission was the second orbital flight of the S-IV stage (second stage) with the payload consisting of the Apollo command and servic... More

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