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sa500f_v_bw_o_n (1966, unnumbered NASA photo)

“Excellent & rarely seen view of SA-500F Facilities Verification Vehicle stacking of the S-IVB stage, in the Transfer Aisle (I think) of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Kennedy Space Center. Two of the four areas of the SA-500F’s distinctive paint pattern are on display, comprised of the alternating black & white pattern of the forward skirt and the circumferential black (with white ‘cut-outs’) of the aft skirt. The latter being the most noticeable, even from a distance, due to its proximity to the kinda, sorta, semi- alternating, partially bi-level black & white scheme of the S-IVB aft interstage.

 

Additionally. Absolutely wonderful:

 

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Credit: Wes Oleszewski/"Growing Up With Spaceflight" blog

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Uploaded on June 3, 2022