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saXX_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, official MSFC-Michoud Operations PAO photo, 10 November 1964, MI64K4548-1 eq)

“A “full house” replaced “three-of-a-kind” at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Michoud Operations this week, as a second Saturn I space vehicle first stage was returned after static firing tests at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. Lined up (left-to-right) in assembly and checkout positions are two Saturn IB flight boosters, A Saturn IB dynamic test stage and two Saturn I first stages. The 1.5-million-pound-thrust Saturn I boosters will be used in the early phases of the Apollo manned lunar landing program as well as to orbit meteoroid technology satellites. The more powerful – 1.6-million-pound-thrust – Saturn IB first stages will launch Apollo spacecraft into earth orbit for astronaut training and spacecraft test preliminary to actual manned landings on the moon. Both the Saturn I and Saturn IB are two-stage launch vehicles. The 21-foot-diameter, 80-foot-tall first stages are being assembled at Michoud by the Chrysler Corporation Space Division.”

 

SA-8 first stage is on the far right.

 

According to this:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig200.jpg

 

From left to right, it's: S-IB-2, S-IB-1, S-IB-D/F, and S-I-...IDK...since the online image is cutoff at this point). But hey, identification of 4 out of 5 ain't bad.

 

7.75" x 9.5"

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