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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For older residents of the Rocket City, this month’s long, loud test fire, the latest in a series of engine tests, was an echo of the 1960s when NASA tested Saturn V engines in the same test stand.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the S-II stage of the Saturn V rocket is hoisted onto the A-2 test stand in January of 1967 at the Mississippi Test Facility, now the Stennis ...