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Kennedy Space Center Titusville, FL
This is the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket on display in the rocket
garden at the Visitor Center at the Kennedy Space Center near Titusville,
Florida. This photo was taken around midnight while at the visitor center
on the evening of the first launch attempt for shuttle mission STS-130.
This rocket was given vehicle number SA-209. It was stacked and launch
ready as the rescue flight for Skylab 4. It was later the launch vehicle
for a planned Skylab 5 mission to reboost the Skylab space station. When
that mission was canceled, this rocket became surplus. It was put on
outdoor display at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket motors deteriorated
badly and were replaced with replicas in the early 1990s.
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