On October 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/zSATi4 The Saturn I was the United States' first heavy-lift rocket designed to launch big payloads beyond low Earth orbit. This was also the first test flight of any rocket in the Saturn family of rockets, which includes the Saturn V that was used to launch astronauts to the moon during the Apollo program. The Saturn I was enormous compared to

On October 30, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV, took to the skies for the first time Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/W_zRxL The LLRV was a bizarre, four-legged flying contraption commonly known as the "Flying Bedstead." NASA used it to simulate moon landings and liftoffs on Earth to prepare for Apollo 11. The first person to give it a whirl was the X-15 pilot Joe Walker. During this test flight, he reached an altitude of about 10 feet, and he hovered t