Saturn I (Chrysler)
Photo Credit: NASA
The Saturn I, manufactured by Chrysler established in 1950, undertook its inaugural launch on 10/27/1961, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Saturn I has 10 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 10 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound (9,100 kg) low Earth orbit payloads.
- Length: 55 m
- Diameter: 6.6 m
- Launch Mass: 510 T
- LEO Capacity: 9100 kg
Manufacturer
Chrysler (CHR)
In July 1959, NASA chose the Redstone missile as the basis for the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle to be used for suborbital test flights of the Project Mercury spacecraft. Three unmanned MRLV launch attempts were made between November 1960 and March 1961, two of which were successful. The MRLV successfully launched the chimpanzee Ham, and astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom on three suborbital flights in January, May and July 1961, respectively.
Program
Human Spaceflight: Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
