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.....Description:
The Saturn series of launch vehicles are large-scale
rockets developed for NASA's Apollo lunar landing program.
This type of rocket was originally proposed by Wernher
Von Braun in 1957, who at that time was assigned to the
Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA). Following its
establishment in 1958, Von Braun and other U.S. Army
scientists were transferred to NASA, with the Saturn
rocket development program subsequently becoming a NASA
endeavor. The initially developed Saturn I adopted
clusler of 8 engines essentially the same as used in the
Jupiter rocket.
.....Test
firing of the Saturn I began in 1961. From 1966, the
Saturn IB was developed, incorporating the hydrogen fuel
J-2 engine for the rocket second stage. In 1968, this
rocket was used for the first manned flight under the
Apollo program, placing Apollo 7 into Earth orbit. The
Saturn IB version was also used to launch the
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