Rocketdyne
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Rocketdyne was an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, in southern California.
F-1 rocket engine used in the Saturn program, Rocketdyne former main production facility, Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Rocketdyne's test stand for testing the J-2 engine in Santa Susana Mountains
Aerial view of Rocketdyne Canoga Plant in 1960. View is to the southeast. The intersection of Owensmouth and Vanowen streets is seen at lower right while the intersection of Canoga and Victory streets is seen towards the upper center, near the multi-story headquarters building.
Static display of a Lockheed F-104G aircraft in German National livery fitted with a Rocketdyne zero length launch rocket engine.
Saturn I
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The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound low Earth orbit payloads. Its development was taken over from the Advanced Research Pro
The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961.
A 1/20th-scale model of first-stage Saturn is prepared for testing in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the early 1960s
Von Braun, with JFK pointing at Saturn I at Cape Canaveral on 16 November 1963, weeks prior to its launch
A diagram of the S-I first stage of the Saturn I