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NASA Michoud Assembly Facility New Orleans, LA
This is the first stage from Saturn V vehicle SA-515 on display at the NASA
Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Vehicle SA-515 was
originally in line to be used for the Apollo 20 flight to the moon, but that
flight was canceled before the hardware was complete. SA-515 was retasked as
the backup launcher for the Skylab space station. Later, it was proposed to
launch the backup Skylab as a follow-on mission using this rocket. The SA-515
stages were retired in the late 1970s and put on display, with the first
stage staying at Michoud, and the second stage going to Houston.
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