The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Saturn V Rocket and Waco's Alico Building Comparison, 1/100 Scale, 1960s
A local connection-Saturn V compared to Waco's 22-story Alico Building (Both to 1/100 Scale). This Rocketdyne, McGregor, TX., demonstration was done for a open house at the facility in about 1966. Saturn V is what propelled Apollo 11 and other missions eventually landing men on the moon on July 20, 1969. Work done at McGregor contributed to space the exploration of space in the 1960s into the 1970s, and beyond.
The first stage of the Saturn V included five Rocketdyne F-1 rocket engines producing 7.5 million pounds of thrust. NASA reports that its "five engines burned 4.5 million pounds of fuel in 150 seconds." Saturn V included 6 Rocketdyne made J-2 engines powering the 2nd and 3rd stages. These various stages are what gradually propelled the astronauts into space orbit and then to the moon. The Saturn V rocket was used a total of 13 times with 10 missions that included launching astronauts into orbit. It even launched NASA's first space station, Skylab, into space in 1973.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Bill Foster-Waco Citizen collection, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-billfosterwacocitcoll_-negatives-001.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Saturn V Rocket and Waco's Alico Building Comparison, 1/100 Scale, 1960s
A local connection-Saturn V compared to Waco's 22-story Alico Building (Both to 1/100 Scale). This Rocketdyne, McGregor, TX., demonstration was done for a open house at the facility in about 1966. Saturn V is what propelled Apollo 11 and other missions eventually landing men on the moon on July 20, 1969. Work done at McGregor contributed to space the exploration of space in the 1960s into the 1970s, and beyond.
The first stage of the Saturn V included five Rocketdyne F-1 rocket engines producing 7.5 million pounds of thrust. NASA reports that its "five engines burned 4.5 million pounds of fuel in 150 seconds." Saturn V included 6 Rocketdyne made J-2 engines powering the 2nd and 3rd stages. These various stages are what gradually propelled the astronauts into space orbit and then to the moon. The Saturn V rocket was used a total of 13 times with 10 missions that included launching astronauts into orbit. It even launched NASA's first space station, Skylab, into space in 1973.
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Bill Foster-Waco Citizen collection, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-billfosterwacocitcoll_-negatives-001.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.