Mar 28 1960
From The Space Library
A cloud of smoke mushroomed from the base of the static firing facility at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., when two of the eight H-1 engines of the Saturn C-1 launch vehicle's first stage were tested for the first time.
Two of the eight H-1 engines of the Saturn C-1 first stage were successfully static-fired for approximately 7.83 seconds. The test, conducted at Redstone Arsenal, was designated SAT-01 - the first live firing of the Saturn test booster SA-T).
Saturn Illustrated Chronology, p. 11.
NASA announced selection of Aerojet-General to build the power conversion equipment for the SNAP-8 (System for Nuclear Auxiliary Power), and to integrate the reactor into an operational system. SNAP-8 is a joint NASA-AEC project.
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