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The presence of the flag with the Apollo 11/Saturn V at the very moment the vessel reaches Max Q makes it a one-of-a-kind snapshot of a defining moment in American history, never to be seen again and impossible to duplicate. Proposed caption The American flag heralds the flight of Apollo 11, the world's first Lunar landing mission.
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The largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, the Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; the lead contractors for construction of the rocket were Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM. Fifteen flight-capable vehicles ...
Description: The Saturn V was the launch vehicle for all twelve Apollo missions and also the sole Skylab mission. This is the third stage of one of only three complete Saturn V rockets to exist and which consists of the following components:- 1st stage ‘S-IC-14’ from SA-514, which was planned to fly on Apollo 19. 2nd stage ‘S-II-15’ from SA-515, which was planned to fly on Apollo 20 ...
The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team of former German rocket engineers and scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. The Saturn family used liquid hydrogen as fuel in the upper stages .
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Early morning view on November 9, 1967 of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 Saturn V (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) prior to launch later that day. This was the first launch of the Saturn V. Date: Taken on 9 November 1967: Source: High-resolution image from Apollo Image Archive: Author: NASA: Other versions