#sa-201

[lonestarflight]

The first two stages of the Saturn-IB are stacked on the launch pad of LC-34, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Date: December 7, 1965

NASA ID: 65-H-2067

[lonestarflight]

"Workers prepare to install the first stage of AS-201’s Saturn-IB on Launch Pad 34 at the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, now the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station."

Date: August 18, 1965

NASA ID: 107-KSC-65C-5347

[lonestarflight]

"The S-IB-1, the first flight version of the Saturn IB launch vehicle's first stage (S-IB stage), undergoes a full-duration static firing in Saturn IB static test stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Developed by the MSFC and built by the Chrysler Corporation at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 90,000-pound booster utilized eight H-1 engines to produce a combined thrust of 1,600,000 pounds. Between April 1965 and July 1968, MSFC performed thirty-two static tests on twelve different S-IB stages."

Date: April 13, 1965

NASA ID: 6522248

[lonestarflight]

"This chart provides a launch summary of the Saturn IB launch vehicle as of 1973. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's 'building block' approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IB utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine the larger boosters and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the marned lunar missions."

Date: 1973

NASA ID: 0100804