Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Transporting the second stage of the Saturn rocket. "Loading Saturn SIV-9 into Pregnant Guppy at Mather Air Force Base".

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Transporting the second stage of the Saturn rocket. "Loading Saturn SIV-9 into Pregnant Guppy at Mather Air Force Base".

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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AS-102 (also designated Saturn Apollo 7 (SA-7)) was the seventh flight of the Saturn I, which carried a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into LEO. September 18, 1964 from the Cape's 37B.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn 1B (SA-206) launching with the Skylab 2 mission, launched from KSC 39B on May 25, 1973. Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz launched on what was the first Saturn 1B launch in 4.5 years. There are some epic stories from the Skylab 2 mission,…

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn-Apollo 5 (SA-5) was the first launch of the Block II Saturn I rocket for the Apollo program. Launched January 29, 1964 from LC-37B. It was mated with a Jupiter nosecone, thus super pointy.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly rode CSM-113 "Casper" into orbit.  After two parking orbits, S-IVB-511 restarted to boost Casper and Lunar Module "Orion," together weighing 52,759…

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly rode CSM-113 "Casper" into orbit.  After two parking orbits, S-IVB-511 restarted to boost Casper and Lunar Module "Orion," together weighing 52,759…

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly rode CSM-113 "Casper" into orbit.  After two parking orbits, S-IVB-511 restarted to boost Casper and Lunar Module "Orion," together weighing 52,759…

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly rode CSM-113 "Casper" into orbit.  After two parking orbits, S-IVB-511 restarted to boost Casper and Lunar Module "Orion," together weighing 52,759…

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-513) launched with Skylab 1 from 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 1973.  A big rocket taster for you heading into Starship's maiden attempt.

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The final Saturn I (SA-10) launched from Cape Canaveral's LC 37B, July 30, 1965. The launch boosted Apollo 105/BP-9A and Pegasus C (Pegasus 3) into a nearly-circular 530 km x 28.9 deg orbit. Ed Kyle in L2 Historical notes: "Saturn I quickly faded from public…

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RT @NASA_Nerd: Raining on Saturn V Apollo 8 and a water deluge test at Launch Complex 39A 📸 NASA

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RT @NASASpaceflight: RT @NASA_Nerd: Raining on Saturn V Apollo 8 and a water deluge test at Launch Complex 39A 📸 NASA

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn IB SA-210 lifted off July 15, 1975. This was the 32nd and final Saturn and the last Apollo spacecraft. Launch was from KSC 39B, and the tower was modified with the Milkstool "booster seat" for the Saturn IB.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn V (SA-510) lifted off from KSC 39A on July 26, 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission. James Irwin, David Scott, and Alfred Worden rode CSM-112 "Endeavour." Lunar Module 10 "Falcon" was in the SLA. This was the first longer-duration "J" mission.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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RT @ianpineapple: S-IC-T was the static fire test article of the Saturn V's first stage (S-IC), and the first all-up S-IC built. It was used to verify that the stage could withstand all 5 F-1 engines firing simultaneously. S-IC-T was never destined to fly. 📸: NASA

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Saturn-Apollo 1 (SA-1) was the first flight of the Saturn I space launch vehicle and the first mission of the American Apollo program. Launched from LC-34, October 27, 1961.

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Saturn-Apollo 2 (SA-2) was the second flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, the first flight of Project Highwater, and was part of the Apollo Program. Launched on April 25, 1962, from LC-34 Cape Canaveral.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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Saturn IB SA-207 rolls out ahead of Skylab 3. Rolled down the KSC crawlerway on ML-1 with its milkstool pedestal modification. Launched July 28, 1973 from 39B.

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Chris Bergin - NSF · @NASASpaceflight
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SA-513, the last Saturn V, launched Skylab 1 from KSC 39A on May 14, 1973.

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