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AS-201_v_bw_o_n (NASA-Marshall Photo, 5-20706, MAR 16 1965)

“The first Saturn IB booster (S-IB-1) was placed in a static test stand at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center. The 1.6 million pound thrust booster arrived at the Center Sunday from New Orleans aboard the NASA barge “Palaemon.” It is scheduled to be static fired here at least twice before being shipped back to Michoud Operations for post-firing checks. The first firing is planed for early April. The booster is scheduled to be launched early next year from Cape Kennedy.”

 

Note also the F-1 engine tankage in the right-hand cell.

 

See/read also:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-6.htm

 

Taken either a moment before/after:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/Images/fig227.jpg

 

Also:

 

archive.org/details/MSFC-6520960

Credit: Internet Archive website

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