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Topic: Photo of the week 880 (September 4, 2021)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3525 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-04-2021 02:58 AM
Saturn I flight vehicle SA-6 was launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:08 p.m. EST on May 28, 1964. It was the sixth successful test of the Saturn booster and the second successful flight of the hydrogen/oxygen S-IV second stage. SA-6 carried into orbit the first unmanned 'boilerplate' model of the Apollo spacecraft. |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 2059 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-04-2021 11:18 AM
Beautiful. Thanks Ed. |
randy Member Posts: 2481 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-04-2021 01:47 PM
One step closer to the moon. |
Ronpur Member Posts: 1249 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
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posted 09-09-2021 07:07 PM
This would have been the one JFK stood under, correct?
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oly Member Posts: 1267 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 09-09-2021 07:13 PM
Thanks Ed, I would still like to see these launch vehicles flying today. Just imagine if the Saturn series were allowed to gain the benefits of 60 years of development through use. |
dtemple Member Posts: 747 From: Longview, Texas, USA Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 09-16-2021 05:38 PM
I have read that the Saturn 1B would have been too expensive to continue using it as a launch vehicle, though (until reading that) thought the same thing, that it should have stayed in production. There were concepts presented to NASA about various modifications that could be made to the rocket to put heavier payloads into earth orbit. |