Space Rocket History #105 - Saturn’s First Flight - SA-1 - Part 2

No previous maiden launch had gone flawlessly, and the Saturn C-1 was considerably more complicated than any rocket launched thus far. Launch Operations Directorate officials gave the rocket a 75% chance of getting off the ground, and a 30% chance of completing the eight-minute flight…

LC-34 Block House Control Room

Abe Silverstein, Director of Space Flight

All Eight Engines Firing and Liftoff of Saturn SA-1

Saturn SA-1 on Launch Pad 34

Saturn SA-1 Leaving the Pad

The First Saturn (SA-1) in Flight.

The Michoud Facility near New Orleans

Ground Breaking at MSC