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Saturn C-1
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A Saturn C-1 booster rocket (later renamed Saturn 1) during a static firing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. This test was an early stage in the development of the Saturn V. The photograph is part of the NASA press material collected by journalist Robert Goralski whose papers are housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
1961
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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WHi 11236
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