NASA Saturn IB rocket model

Object summary

Title: NASA Saturn IB rocket model
Object ID: 1984.081.007
Date made: circa 1963
Place made: United States, Alabama, Huntsville
Maker: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Graphic Engineering and Model Studies Branch
Object type: Rocket model
Major collection: Technology
Named collection: Robert C. Seamans Jr. Collection
On view: No

Description

Model of Saturn rocket in wood case.

The Apollo spacecraft were powered by the Saturn family of rockets including the I, IB and V. The IB was used for the earth-orbital phase of Apollo, including the Apollo 7 mission launched in 1968 and the Skylab program. MIT alumnus and faculty member, Robert C. Seamans, Jr. as NASA Associate Administrator and Deputy Administrator from1960 to1968 used this model (and several others) to explain the Apollo program to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, members of Congress, and other senior government officials.