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50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
A further Saturn IB was assembled for the Skylab rescue mission but was not needed and so not ... In July 1975, NASA used the ...
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Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station...
On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight ...
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In-depth Look At An LVCD Board From A Saturn V Rocket
As part of her personal collection she somehow acquired a Launch Vehicle Digital Computer board for a Saturn V rocket. This particular unit was never used. But it would have been had the Apollo ...
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Russian Rocket Tech Comes In From The Cold
Because of this, he sought a new manufacturer for rocket engines, and he found one in Nikolai Kuznetsov. In a Saturn V rocket engine, liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel are pumped separately into the ...
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We Built the Saturn V
The “V” stood for the five giant F-1 rocket engines—still the most powerful ever built—clustered at the bottom of the Saturn V’s first stage. At one point a four-engine version ...
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Saturn officially has 128 more moons
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! — There's a weird, disappearing dark spot on Saturn's moon Enceladus — Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes ...