Constructed in 1965, Test Stand 4670 served as the backbone for Saturn V propulsion testing for the Apollo program, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

A 1965 photo shows a Saturn V first-stage rocket engine being test-fired at Marshall Space Flight Center’s Test Stand 4670 in Alabama. Blue Origin has struck a deal with NASA to refurbish and ...

NASA completes demolition of old rocket engine test stand at Marshall. Updated: Nov. 30, ... The tower was built in the early 1960s to test F-1 engines, which helped power Saturn V rockets to the ...

Saturn V “moon rocket” engine firing ... NASA test fired an F-1 engine's gas generator segment at ... He even indicated the modern-day test stand instrumentation was gathering data not ...

Sitting idle since 1998, the 300-ft (91 m) tall, vertical-firing Test Stand 4670 was built in 1965 to support the development and testing of the Saturn V rocket that propelled the first and only ...

Test Stand 4670 is a 300-foot-tall, vertical stand that was “the backbone for Saturn V propulsion testing for the Apollo program,” NASA said. It was later modified to test the space shuttle ...

In 1967, a Saturn V first stage, with F-1 engines at its base, is hoisted onto a test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility. It was very foggy, but there was a bunch of fishermen out.

Tree clearing began on 13 June for NASA's first rocket test stand for 40 years, the A-3, to test the new Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X engine. Skip to main content; Skip to navigation ...

Like many of the other test stands at Stennis, the A-2 stand was originally built in the 1960s to test Saturn V rocket engines. From 1976, NASA used the stand to test Space Shuttle main engines ...

Saturn V is the Biggest Engine Ever Built. Published: Dec 06, 2004 7:00 PM EST (Published in the April 2003 issue) ... In all, including test flights, 13 Saturn V rockets were launched.

NASA Test Fires A Portion Of The 40-Year-Old Saturn V Rocket Engine By Shane McGlaun Jan. 25, 2013 5:17 am EST At this point, we all know that NASA has retired the space shuttle fleet.