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Rocket stages
- S-VConvair Astronautics received a contract to build the S-V stage for the Saturn I rocket. Engineers designed this third stage to use liquid hydrogen and…
- S-IThe S-I stage carried eight H-1 rocket engines burning RP-1 fuel with liquid oxygen as oxidizer. A central Jupiter tank held the liquid oxygen while eight…
- S-IBThe S-IB stage rose 138 feet tall and spanned 21.7 feet in diameter during its operational life. Engineers arranged nine propellant containers into a tight…
- S-IVThe S-IV stage carried six RL-10A-3 engines into the sky. Each engine provided 150,000 pounds of thrust. Together they generated a total force of about…
- S-IIIn December 1959, a committee recommended the design and construction of a high-thrust liquid hydrogen fueled engine. The contract for this engine went to…
- S-ICBoeing received the contract to build the S-IC stage on the 15th of December 1961. Engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center had already decided on the…
- S-IVBThe deadline for proposals to build the upper stage of a new rocket was the 29th of February 1960. Eleven companies submitted bids to NASA with hopes of…