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Saturn Apollo Program

View from above of Apollo 6 on its transporter
Image Credit: NASA/MSFC
Published: July 9, 2018
Historical Date: February 6, 1968

A bird's-eye view of Apollo 6 and its gantry leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on the transporter heading to the launch site on Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. Altogether, the Saturn V engines produced as much power as 85 Hoover Dams.

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