First Saturn (SA-1) Launch
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 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 162-foot-tall rocket weighed 925,000 pounds and employed a dummy second stage.
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Image Number: SPD-MARSH-0102626
Date: October 27, 1961
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First Saturn (SA-1) Launch
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 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 162-foot-tall rocket weighed 925,000 pounds and employed a dummy second stage.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: SPD-MARSH-0102626
Date: October 27, 1961
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