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Saturn 1B space vehicle for ASTP moves from VAB to launch complex

1975-03-24

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

S75-24007 (24 March 1975) --- The Saturn 1B space vehicle for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, with its launch umbilical tower, rides atop a huge crawler-transporter as it moves slowly away from the Vehicle Assembly Building on its 4.24-mile journey to Pad B, Launch Complex 39, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The ASTP vehicle is composed of a Saturn 1B (first) stage, a Saturn IVB (second) stage, and a payload consisting of a Command/Service Module and a Docking Module. The joint U.S.-USSR ASTP docking mission in Earth orbit is scheduled for July 1975.

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  • Title: Saturn 1B space vehicle for ASTP moves from VAB to launch complex
  • Date Created: 1975-03-24
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rlobrie1
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