Saturn I engine test pad - Saturn Apollo Program

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Saturn I engine test pad - Saturn Apollo Program

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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) was the birthplace of the United States' rocket program. In the early 1960s, most of the rocket development and testing were done at the MSFC. Pictured is an example of what the test engineers would have seen from the pillbox as eight H-1 engines for the first stage of the Saturn I rocket were test fired.

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27/05/1960

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Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States, 35808, 34.63076, -86.66505

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