Saturn (rocket family)
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The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team led by Wernher von Braun and other former Peenemünde employees to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. The Saturn family used
Three variants of the Saturn family which were developed: Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V
Jupiter C launching Explorer I (1958)
Juno II launching Pioneer IV on March 3, 1959
Saturn C-3
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
Saturn (rocket family)
…military satellite launcher, they were adopted as the launch vehicles for the Apollo Moon program. Three versions were built and flown: the medium-lift Saturn I, the heavy-lift Saturn IB, and the super heavy-lift Saturn V. Von Braun proposed the Saturn name in October 1958 as a logical successor to the Jupiter…
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