# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BCxlOk1mhxP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15346944-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/170770ee65.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-03-10T13:47:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

An epic throwback. In 1961, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA_Marshall) engineers readied 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 1,500,000 pounds of thrust. Originally developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun's team at the U.S. 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. 
Credit: NASA

#NASA #tbt #Saturn #rocketscience #history #rocketry #NASAMarshall #Huntsville #Alabama #SLS

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history, apollo, tbt, nasa, rocketscience, huntsville, saturn, sls, alabama, rocketry, nasamarshall

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