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the space shuttle is on display at the museum

LIFE photo, source Google/Life 2008 (Free). Wikipedia: "SA-500F (alternately SA500F, 500F, or Facilities Integration Vehicle) was a dummy Saturn V used by NASA to test facilities at Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida during 1966.[1] Tests included the mating of the Saturn's stages in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the fit of the service platforms, the launcher-transporter operation, the propellant loading system, and the test connections to the…

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the saturn rocket is lit up at night

Kennedy Space Center: We are in the early evening with the Skylab space station at the top of the last rocket Saturn 5, which will be launched tomorrow. Scan, restoration and information Dan Beaumont . (Pierre Paul Beaumont photo). www.youtube.com/user/MrDanBeaumont?feature=watch

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a large rocket sitting on top of a metal structure

KSC INFO: Skylab 1 was rolled out from the Vertical Assembly Building to Complex 39a approximately three miles away April 16, 1973. The Skylab mission, SL-1/SL-2, will begin with the launch of the unmanned Saturn V vehicle and payload consisting of the S-1C booster and S-2 second stage. Payload elements are the Workshop, Instrument Unit, ATM, Airlock Module and Multiple Docking Adapter. The Skylab/Saturn V will weigh 2,822,300 kilograms (6,222,000 pounds) at lift-off and stand 101,7 meters…

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an image of a rocket launching into the sky

NASA PHOTO: RELIVE! Apollo 15 Mission: "45th Anniversary", July 26-august 7, (1971-2016) VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2oWmRT9rGw Relive a trip to the moon with Apollo 15: "Legend of Apollo" IMAX 3D / Science Museum, London UK VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=997GnzW4fwU Apollo 15 launch LIVE, W. Cronkite: " Wow ! Our building's shaking, here again! " CBS, July 26, 1971 VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwMehQl04Mc Apollo 15 launch and mission LIVE on TV, 1971 VIDEO…

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an image of a rocket on display in the sky with clouds and trees around it

One of the first things I did on my visits to the KSC archives was to research the markings on the Saturn V. Many original photos were examined to get a better idea of the variations between the 15 flight vehicle. This section will get an update soon.

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people are watching the space shuttle take off

LIFE PHOTO: Bill Eppridge photographer for LIFE magazine. REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont FLORIDA TODAY: www.floridatoday.com/search/apollo%2011/

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