This week in 1961, the Saturn I S-I stage equipped with eight H-1 engines successfully test-fired at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
This week in 1961, the Saturn I S-I stage equipped with eight H-1 engines successfully test-fired at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The Saturn project was formally approved in January 1960, and Saturn I booster tests, which verified the clustered-booster concept, began in June 1960. The NASA History Program documents and preserves NASA’s remarkable history through a variety of products — photos, press kits, press releases, mission transcripts and administrators’ speeches. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the History Program’s Web page.
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