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OTD In Space – February 26: 1st Launch Of Saturn 1B Rocket
NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper stage, it was designed ...
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Its Orbital Workshop (OWS), the main section of Skylab, was converted from an S-IVB stage that had been intended for a Saturn IB rocket. A Saturn V rocket left over from the cancellation of the ...
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Decoding Rediscovered Rope Memory From The Apollo Guidance Computer
On August 25th, 1966, an Apollo Command Module was launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket in mission AS-202. This mission was intended to immediately precede the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission ...
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A test flight with a number of firsts
A suborbital test flight, its goals included demonstrating the Saturn IB’s capabilities, the operation of Apollo Service Module’s (SM) main engine, and determining the effectiveness of the ...
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OTD In Space – February 26: 1st Launch Of Saturn 1B Rocket
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