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  F-1 Engine

  An F-1 engine, generating 1.5 million pounds thrust, is captive fired at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The liquid oxygen/RPl (kerosene) engine is used on the Saturn V booster.
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  Dare Anti-Tank Guided Missile

  Back: DART ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
  This vehicle-launched, rocket propelled guided missile is designed for use by front line troops. It requires a minimum of technical training to operate, yet carries a warhead capable of defeating the heaviest known enemy armor. This versatile Army missile can deliver its warhead with pinpoint accuracy.
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  Alabama Space and Rocket Center

  Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
  America's Largest Missile and Space Exhibit. Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35807.
  The full-size Apollo Saturn V moon rocket is one of the feature attractions at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. The five huge rocket engines develop seven and one half million pounds of thrust and consume propellents at the rate of 5,000 gallons per second. The complete vehicle - longer than a baseball field - can be viewed close up by the visitor. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center tells the story of man's past, present, and future efforts to explore space for peaceful purposes.
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  George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

  Back: The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama
  Saturn rocket booster barge at dock on Tennessee River. Barge is used to carry boosters from MSFC at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for launch.
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  Saturn V Test Stand

  Front: MSFC
  Back: The first flight Saturn V booster is shown being hauled into a giant test stand at NASA - MarshalI Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama (Redstone Arsenal). The booster will be captive fired here. Stage's five F-1 engines produce 7.5 million pounds thrust.
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  Dr. Wernher von Braun

  Back: Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center, is shown with rocket models and hardware at the Huntsville, Alabama space installation.
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  Static Test of Saturn V First Stage

  Back: The 7.5 million pound thrust Saturn V first stage is static tested at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Five F-l engines power the stage. The stage will be the booster for the first Saturn V launched. This vehicle is scheduled for launch this year (1967).
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  Artist's Conception of Saturn V Flight

  Back: This is on artist's conception of the Apollo/Saturn V vehicle leaving on the first leg of the moon journey. The three stage vehicle will be launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. and will carry three astronauts to the moon and back. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama.
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  Michoud Assembly Facility

  Back: This is the assembly floor at the NASA - Michoud Assembly facility at New Orleans, La. The large assembly building has some 40 acres under one roof. Boosters shown here are first stages for the Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle. The Saturn was developed at Marshall Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
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  Super Guppy Aircraft

  Back: Super Guppy aircraft, operated under NASA contract and owned by Aero-Space Lines, Inc., Van Nuys, Calif. Used to haul Saturn S-IVB stage from West Coast to Cape Kennedy. Also used to carry other large rocket stages and components.