Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Summary
- This is a 1:48 Scale model of the the Saturn 1, the first of the three Saturn launch vehicles built for the Apollo program. A two-stage liquid-fuel rocket, it was originally called the Saturn C-1 and then renamed Saturn 1 in 1963. Although the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had plans at that time to use the rocket for manned Apollo orbital missions, these were subsequently dropped. Instead, the Saturn 1 launched five Apollo boilerplate command and service modules during 1964-1965 to help qualify the spacecraft for manned flight. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center made this model and transferred it to NASM in 1972.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marshall Space Flight Center
- Inventory Number
- A19721002000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Plastic
- Brass
- Steel
- Lead
- Adhesive
- Stainless Steel/Chrome
- Varnish
- First stage is wood, plastic, and brass. Second stage is wood and plastic. Base is wood and metal. Wood carrying case.
- Dimensions
- Wooden crate: 28 1/2"x 15" x 9 1/4" (10/3/2011)
- Model: 42" x 16 3/16" diam. (10/3/2011)
- Overall: 3ft 4 1/2in. x 5 1/2in. (102.87 x 13.97cm) 1:48 scale.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19721002000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94fe4aee3-d503-4e1a-8785-126b54a79c09
