Early 1960s, a visit at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Huntsville)

 

The first flight configuration of the giant Saturn C-1 rocket is seen at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, N.A.S.A. Huntsville, Ala. The C-1 will be capable of placing about 10 tons into low earth orbit. 

A Saturn booster is shown in position on its static test tower at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The 1,500,000 lb. thrust booster has been successfully static fired in full duration runs of more than 120 seconds. A Juno II rocket which launched first U. S. Satellites and Space probes is shown on the right side of tower. 

A one-tenth scale model of the Saturn Space vehicle is shown here behind a "real" Saturn booster at the assembly area of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The big booster is capable of developing 1.5 million pounds thrust, An assembled vehicle stands 162 feet high. 

The vehicles that launched Explorer I and Astronauts Shepard and Grissom were tested here. This historic site is a part of the NASA Bus Tour operated by the ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Huntsville.