Saturn (rocket)

Saturn I

Flights

SA-1

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  The Saturn I S-I stage for the SA-1 mission was being eased into place and erected on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral
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  testing
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  Saturn C-1 (SA-1) stands ready on Complex 34 for launching
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  Saturn SA-1 launch on October 27, 1961

SA-2

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  View of Saturn SA-2 at Complex 34
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  Saturn SA-2 launch on April 25, 1962

SA-3

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  View of Saturn SA-3 at Complex 34 (note blue rain cover on 1st stage)
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  View of Saturn SA-3 prior to launch
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  Saturn SA-3 launch on Dec. 16, 1962

SA-4

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  Saturn SA-4 on the pad
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  Saturn SA-4 launch on March 28, 1963

SA-5

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  Saturn I development vehicle SA-5 on the launch pad
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  Saturn SA-5 launch on January 29, 1964

SA-6 (A-101)

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  The unmanned SA-6 was the first Saturn rocket to carry an Apollo "boilerplate" spacecraft
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  Saturn SA-6 on the pad, prior to a radio frequency interference test at Launch Complex 37.
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  Ground-level view of Saturn SA-6
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  Saturn SA-6 launch on May 28, 1964

SA-7 (A-102)

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  Saturn SA-7 on the launch pad
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  Saturn SA-7 launch on September 18, 1964

SA-9 (A-103)

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  Saturn SA-9 launch on February 16, 1965

SA-8 (A-104)

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  Saturn SA-8 launch on May 25, 1965

SA-10 (A-105)

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  Saturn SA-10 launch on July 30, 1965

Misc.

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  Saturn I rocket profiles SA-1 through SA-10
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  Evolution of the Saturn I design
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  Evolution of the Saturn I design
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  H-1 rocket engine (powered the first stage of Saturn I and IB rockets)
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  RL-10 rocket engine
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  diagram
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  diagram
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Saturn IB

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  Saturn IB SA-206 (Skylab 2) launch
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  Saturn IB launch with Skylab 4 crew.
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  Saturn IB second stage with fully open LM adapter in Earth orbit
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  second stage
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  ASTP Saturn IB during the Countdown Demonstration Test
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  Saturn IB SA-205 (Apollo 7) launch
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  Saturn IB AS-201 launch
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  AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle awaits its January 22, 1968 liftoff
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  The first stages of Saturn IB in final assembly
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  Saturn IB S-IVB stage in Vehicle Assembly Building
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  A Saturn IB is disassembled in the VAB. It would have been used to rescue the crew of Skylab 4 should they be unable to return to Earth in their own spacecraft.

Misc.

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  Picture of all Saturn IB launches
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  Cutaway drawing of the Saturn IB
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  Saturn IB characteristics - metric
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  Cutaway drawing of a Saturn IB second stage

Saturn V

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  Manager of the development of the Saturn V moon rocket.
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  Dr. Wernher von Braun standing by five F-1 engines
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  The S-IC first stage of the Apollo 8 Saturn V being erected in the Vertical Assembly Building on February 1, 1968
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  Rollout to the launch pad of the Apollo 8 Saturn V on October 9, 1968
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  The Apollo 8 Saturn V builds thrust after ignition of the S-IC first stage F-1 engines on December 21, 1968
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  The S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 8 Saturn V, shortly after separation from the Command/Service Module. Bright objects are floating debris shed by the rocket
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  Launch of Apollo 15
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  The launch of Apollo 4
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  Medium distance photograph of launch
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  Another photograph of launch
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  Apollo 16 is transferred to VAB from launchpad 39A
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  Skylab launch on Saturn V on May 14, 1973
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  Still from film footage showing interstage between the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage falling away during the Apollo 6 flight.
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  Saturn V with Apollo 11 on the way to launch pad 39 A
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  Saturn V breaking the sound barrier.
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Misc.

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  Picture of all Saturn V launches
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  Saturn V rocket schematic
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  Description of the Saturn IB and V Instrument Unit (IU)
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  Comparison of the Saturn V, Space Shuttle and the two proposed Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles
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  Comparison of the Saturn V and N1 manned Moon rockets
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  The Saturn C-8 was the largest proposed Saturn, intended for direct landing missions. It was never built.
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  SVG image of the Saturn C-8
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  instruments
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  spacecraft diagram
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  first stage
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  second stage
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  configurations
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  Comparison Saturn-Nova and Saturn I and V
• command module
• seperation