Oct. 27, 1961: The first Saturn rocket launches
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Five months after President John F. Kennedy promised that America would put a man on the Moon, NASA successfully showed that they had a rocket to get them there. Under development with Wernher von Braun’s team since 1957, the Saturn I rocket consisted of a booster stage with a liquid oxygen tank at its core, Continue reading "Oct. 27, 1961: The first Saturn rocket launches" The post Oct. 27, 1961: The first Saturn rocket launches appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .
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