Jun 192016
 

There’re some neat photos here…

NASA’s Last Apollo Saturn V Rocket Is on Its Way to Mississippi Instead of the Moon

“Last Saturn V Rocket” in this context means “last unrestored S-IC Saturn V first stage.” It has been in storage at Michoud for 45 years, and will now be restored and put on display at the INFINITY Science Center. This booster was meant for Apollo 19.

Every time I see one of these I get a little bit more annoyed at Lyndon B Johnson who had production stopped in 1968. The Saturn V should have remained in production, with incremental improvements, into the early 1980s.

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