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Oct. 27, 1961: The first Saturn rocket launches

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 ...
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Rocket, Launch Vehicle, Test, Saturn I, Block 1

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a Saturn 1 Block 1 test ...