Name of Image: Saturn IB, AS-201 Launch
MIX #: 6636749
NIX #: MSFC-6636749
Date of Image: 1966-02-01
Category: Saturn Apollo Program
Full Description: AS-201, the first Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 26, 1966. This was the first flight of the S-IB and S-IVB stages, including the first flight test of the liquid-hydrogen/liquid oxygen-propelled J-2 engine in the S-IVB stage. During the thirty-seven minute flight, the vehicle reached an altitude of 303 miles and traveled 5,264 miles downrange. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in July 1975.
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Orginal NASA relase to the picture: Name of Image: Saturn IB, AS-201 Launch <br> MIX #: 6636749<br> NIX #: MSFC-6636749 <br> Date of Image: 1966-02-01<br> Category: Saturn Apollo Program Full Description: AS-201, the first Saturn IB launch vehicle