Saturn I facts for kids

The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961.

Saturn I (also known as Cluster's Last Stand) was the name of the kind of rockets used by NASA in the Apollo program. Although German engineer and scientist Wernher von Braun intended it as the launch vehicle for crewed Apollo flights. NASA used the original Saturn I ten times and more often used a bigger version, the Saturn IB.

Related pages

• Apollo program
• NASA
• Saturn V

Images for kids

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  Von Braun, with JFK pointing at Saturn I at Cape Canaveral on 16 November 1963, weeks prior to its launch

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  A Saturn I first stage lies on its side between tests at MSFC in 1965.

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  First-stage diagram

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  Diagram of the S-IV second stage of the Saturn I.

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  The version 1 (top) and the version 2 (bottom) of the Instrument Unit.

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  The S-V stage on SA-4.

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  Saturn I rocket profiles SA-1 through SA-10

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  The rockets developed at MSFC and ABMA before it are on display at MSFC.

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  Some of the rockets in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. From left to right: Saturn I, Jupiter IRBM, Juno II, Mercury-Redstone, Redstone, and Jupiter-C.

See also

In Spanish: Saturno I para niños