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Kennedy Space Center Titusville, FL
This is the Saturn IB rocket on display in the rocket garden at the Visitor
Center at the Kennedy Space Center near Titusville, Florida. I didn't take
a specific photo of the 2nd stage of this rocket, but it is visible in this
photo approximately between and including the two black bands on the rocket.
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.
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