Saturn I first stage assembly plant - photo

**Altair** · Dec 6, 2020, 03:42 PM

Saturn I first stage being assembled at at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Division, c. 1963.

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...e_fullsize.jpg

Previously:

Von Braun Ferry Rocket - photo
SpaceX Falcon boosters landing - GIF
Soyuz rocket booster separation - GIF
Wernher von Braun and the Saturn V - photo
NASA Mercury capsule - photo

**jdurand** · Dec 6, 2020, 06:09 PM

Somewhere in there was control stuff my uncle worked on...like thousands of others.

I, in turn, worked on the Shuttle

Saturn I first stage assembly plant - photo-p1060041.jpg

But I did have fingerprints on the CSM from the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

**sossol** · Dec 8, 2020, 07:59 PM

It's tough to grasp the scale of the Saturn V until you see it in person. It's equally tough to grasp the depth of detail and sheer brilliance without seeing the bits and baubles up close. Magnificent it is.

Neil

**jdurand** · Dec 9, 2020, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by sossol

It's tough to grasp the scale of the Saturn V until you see it in person. It's equally tough to grasp the depth of detail and sheer brilliance without seeing the bits and baubles up close. Magnificent it is.

Neil

I got to stand under one once and also go up in the elevator to the top, all inside the VAB. That's when I was able to leave fingerprints on the CSM.