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Sacramento's Moon Rockets

By Lawrie , Alan

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
9781439652602, 1439652600
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
22 MB (23075404 bytes)
Series
Images of modern America
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo spacecraft carrying American astronauts to the surface of the moon, where Neil Armstrong would take his famous first steps and fulfill Pres. John F. Kennedy's goal of a successful lunar landing by the end of the decade. This event marks one of the greatest achievements in human history and is in large part due to the years of rocket testing that took place at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento testing facility (SACTO). The SACTO facility played one of the most important roles in the success of the Apollo 11 lunar mission and is where the Saturn rocket's S-IVB stage was developed and tested--making this historic accomplishment possible.

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