NASA Marshall Space Flight Center engineers prepare the Saturn I S-I stage for checkout in Building 4705. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using liquid oxygen/kerosene-1 propellants capable of producing a total of 1,500,000lbs of thrust. Originally developed by Dr. von Braun's team at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 10 Saturn I rockets were flown before being replaced by the Saturn IB. Saturn I launches enabled the Pegasus satellites and the flight verification of the Apollo Command and Service Module aerodynamics in the launch phase. January 1961. Credit: NASA

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