NASA’s first Saturn I rocket launched on October 27, 1961, demonstrating heavy-lift capabilities and initiating the Saturn program that ultimately enabled crewed Apollo missions to the Moon.

Five months after President John F. Kennedy promised that America would put a man on the Moon, NASA successfully showed that they had a rocket to get them there. Under development with Wernher von ...

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection, Accession XXXX-0093, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The Saturn V (originally designated Saturn C-5) was the largest of the Saturn ...

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection / Series II: Launch Vehicle Programs / II.B.: Launch Vehicle Projects / II.B.7.: Saturn / II.B.7.d.: Saturn V / II.B.7.d.2 ...