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Saturn I

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Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority.

1961

NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)

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Overview

NASA's first heavy-lift rocket and the first designed for spaceflight rather than as a missile; it flight-tested Apollo hardware and clustered eight engines in its first stage.

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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