Transporting the second stage of the Saturn rocket. "Loading Saturn SIV-9 into Pregnant Guppy at Mather Air Force Base". #SaturnSaturday
Transporting the second stage of the Saturn rocket. "Loading Saturn SIV-9 into Pregnant Guppy at Mather Air Force Base". #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday There are some epic stories from the Skylab 2 mission,…
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. #SaturnSaturday
Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. #SaturnSaturday 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…
Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. #SaturnSaturday 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…
Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. #SaturnSaturday 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…
Saturn V (SA-511) launches Apollo 16 from KSC 39A, April 16, 1972. #SaturnSaturday 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…
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. #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday Ed Kyle in L2 Historical notes: "Saturn I quickly faded from public…
RT @NASA_Nerd: Raining on Saturn V Apollo 8 and a water deluge test at Launch Complex 39A #SaturnSaturday 📸 NASA
RT @NASASpaceflight: RT @NASA_Nerd: Raining on Saturn V Apollo 8 and a water deluge test at Launch Complex 39A #SaturnSaturday 📸 NASA
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. #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday 📸: NASA
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. #SaturnSaturday
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. #SaturnSaturday
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.
SA-513, the last Saturn V, launched Skylab 1 from KSC 39A on May 14, 1973.