SATURN ROCKET.—The fourth experimental Saturn rocket shown on its launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, ready for its successful test flight on Thursday. The 165ft rocket used its eight engines at lift-off, but one of them was shut down 100sec after the launching, cutting the rocket's 1.3 million pounds of thrust by 165.000 pounds. The object was to test the Saturn’s performance should an engine fail. Officials said all phases of the seven-minute flight appeared normal.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 11
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76SATURN ROCKET.—The fourth experimental Saturn rocket shown on its launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, ready for its successful test flight on Thursday. The 165ft rocket used its eight engines at lift-off, but one of them was shut down 100sec after the launching, cutting the rocket's 1.3 million pounds of thrust by 165.000 pounds. The object was to test the Saturn’s performance should an engine fail. Officials said all phases of the seven-minute flight appeared normal. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 11
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