Saturn (rocket)

The Saturn I S-I stage for the SA-1 mission was being eased into place and erected on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral

testing

Saturn C-1 (SA-1) stands ready on Complex 34 for launching

Saturn SA-1 launch on October 27, 1961

View of Saturn SA-2 at Complex 34

Saturn SA-2 launch on April 25, 1962

View of Saturn SA-3 at Complex 34 (note blue rain cover on 1st stage)

View of Saturn SA-3 prior to launch

Saturn SA-3 launch on Dec. 16, 1962

Saturn SA-4 on the pad

Saturn SA-4 launch on March 28, 1963

Saturn I development vehicle SA-5 on the launch pad

Saturn SA-5 launch on January 29, 1964

The unmanned SA-6 was the first Saturn rocket to carry an Apollo "boilerplate" spacecraft

Saturn SA-6 on the pad, prior to a radio frequency interference test at Launch Complex 37.

Ground-level view of Saturn SA-6

Saturn SA-6 launch on May 28, 1964

Saturn SA-7 on the launch pad

Saturn SA-7 launch on September 18, 1964

Saturn SA-9 launch on February 16, 1965

Saturn SA-8 launch on May 25, 1965

Saturn SA-10 launch on July 30, 1965

Saturn I rocket profiles SA-1 through SA-10

Evolution of the Saturn I design

Evolution of the Saturn I design

H-1 rocket engine (powered the first stage of Saturn I and IB rockets)

RL-10 rocket engine

diagram

diagram

Saturn IB SA-206 (Skylab 2) launch

Saturn IB launch with Skylab 4 crew.

Saturn IB second stage with fully open LM adapter in Earth orbit

second stage

ASTP Saturn IB during the Countdown Demonstration Test

Saturn IB SA-205 (Apollo 7) launch

Saturn IB AS-201 launch

AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle awaits its January 22, 1968 liftoff

The first stages of Saturn IB in final assembly

Saturn IB S-IVB stage in Vehicle Assembly Building

A Saturn IB is disassembled in the VAB. It would have been used to rescue the crew of Skylab 4 should they be unable to return to Earth in their own spacecraft.

Picture of all Saturn IB launches

Cutaway drawing of the Saturn IB

Saturn IB characteristics - metric

Cutaway drawing of a Saturn IB second stage

Manager of the development of the Saturn V moon rocket.

Dr. Wernher von Braun standing by five F-1 engines

The S-IC first stage of the Apollo 8 Saturn V being erected in the Vertical Assembly Building on February 1, 1968

Rollout to the launch pad of the Apollo 8 Saturn V on October 9, 1968

The Apollo 8 Saturn V builds thrust after ignition of the S-IC first stage F-1 engines on December 21, 1968

The S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 8 Saturn V, shortly after separation from the Command/Service Module. Bright objects are floating debris shed by the rocket

Launch of Apollo 15

The launch of Apollo 4

Medium distance photograph of launch

Another photograph of launch

Apollo 16 is transferred to VAB from launchpad 39A

Skylab launch on Saturn V on May 14, 1973

Still from film footage showing interstage between the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage falling away during the Apollo 6 flight.

Saturn V with Apollo 11 on the way to launch pad 39 A

Saturn V breaking the sound barrier.

Picture of all Saturn V launches

Saturn V rocket schematic

Description of the Saturn IB and V Instrument Unit (IU)

Comparison of the Saturn V, Space Shuttle and the two proposed Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles

Comparison of the Saturn V and N1 manned Moon rockets

The Saturn C-8 was the largest proposed Saturn, intended for direct landing missions. It was never built.

SVG image of the Saturn C-8

instruments

spacecraft diagram

first stage

second stage

configurations

Comparison Saturn-Nova and Saturn I and V

command module

seperation