This week in 1963, crews continued the construction of the S-IC Static Test Stand in NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s west test area.
This week in 1963, crews continued the construction of the S-IC Static Test Stand in NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s west test area. Designed to test the first stage of the Saturn V rocket, the test stand was completed in 1964. The Saturn V S-IC first stage, or booster stage, weighed 280,000 pounds and was 138 feet long and 33 feet wide. This photograph, taken March 29, 1963, shows two of the test stand’s four growing towers. The NASA History Program documents and preserves NASA’s remarkable history through a variety of products — photos, press kits, press releases, mission transcripts and administrators’ speeches. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the History Program’s Web page.
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