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1959. Explorer VI before Launching at Cape Canaveral.

1959. A Convair Atlas is prepared for a test firing at Cape Canaveral.

1969. Saturn V with transporter.

1969. Rocketdyne's F-1 rocket engine - a single-start, fixed-thrust bi-propellant unit.

1969. F-1 rocket engine for the Saturn V.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington 25, DC.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 with a distinctly civilian (rather than military) orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, disestablishing NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The new agency became operational on October 1, 1958.

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