ARDMORE, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Space and Rocket Center says difficulties in repairs and concerns for safety are behind plans for the removal of the Saturn 1B rocket at the Alabama Welcome Center.

The Saturn 1B rocket, shown here in January 2023, at the I-65 Alabama welcome center just south of the Tennessee state line has an uncertain future amid continuing deterioration.

Object Details Manufacturer NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Summary This is a Saturn 1 Block 1 test launch vehicle, examples of which successfully launched during 1961-1963. The Saturn 1 was the ...

Initially, it was believed that the rocket could fall under a 2017 law that protects state monuments that have been in place for over 40 years, however, it is believed that Saturn 1B will not fall ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The last pieces of the Saturn 1B Rocket that once stood tall at the Alabama Welcome Center in Ardmore for more than four decades was hauled off on Wednesday. In January, it ...

The Saturn V’s first-stage rockets—five F1s made by Rocketdyne—are the most powerful single-nozzle liquid fueled rocket engines ever to see service. The engine bell for each was over 12 feet ...

Subsequent flights’ payloads were too heavy for this smaller rocket, so every mission after Apollo 7 used the Saturn V by necessity. The Saturn IB’s utility extended beyond the Apollo program.

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.

This is a 1:16 scale model of NASA's Saturn 1 rocket with a NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) upper stage. NASA worked with the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the engine for ...

A camera caught the view inside the kerosene tank of the fifth Saturn 1 rocket to launch. This was the vehicle that launched the SA-5 mission, the first orbital Saturn launch and the first time a ...