Launch vehicle · NASA
Saturn IB
RocketsHeavy-lift
Imagery
Saturn Apollo Program
This chart provides a launch summary of the Saturn IB launch vehicle as of 1973.
1973
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
A NASA heavy-lift launch vehicle used for early Apollo Earth-orbit tests, the Skylab crews, and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- Member of familySaturn
- Part of programApollo program
- Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 37B
- Powered byJ-2
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.