Saturn I

This article is about the rocket. For the first moon of Saturn, see Mimas (moon).

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The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961.

Saturn I (also known as Cluster's Last Stand) was the name of the kind of rockets used by NASA in the Apollo program. Although German engineer and scientist Wernher von Braun intended it as the launch vehicle for crewed Apollo flights. NASA used the original Saturn I ten times and more often used a bigger version, the Saturn IB.

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• Apollo program
• NASA
• Saturn V