#s-ic-t

"The S-IC-T stage is hoisted into the S-IC static test stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The S-IC-T stage is a static test vehicle not intended for flight. It was ground tested repeatedly over a period of many months proving the vehicle's propulsion system. The 280,000-pound stage, 138 feet long and 33 feet in diameter, houses the fuel and liquid oxygen tanks that hold a total of 4,400,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and kerosene. The two tanks are cornected by a 26-foot-long intertank section. Other parts of the booster included the forward skirt and the thrust structure, on which the engines were to be mounted. Five F-1 engines, each weighing 10 tons, gave the booster a total thrust of 7,500,000 pounds, roughly equivalent to 160 million horsepower."

Date: March 1965

"The Saturn V S-IC-T stage (static testing stage) was en route from the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory to the newly-built S-IC Static Test Stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center west test area. Known as S-IC-T, the stage was a static test vehicle not intended for flight. It was ground tested repeatedly over a period of many months proving the vehicle's propulsion system."

Date: March 1965

Enterprise (OV-101) saw her sister, Atlantis (OV-104) launch into space during her maiden voyage, STS-51-J. The prototype Space Shuttle and Saturn V rocket were on display near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).

Date: October 3, 1985

"This chart illustrates the testing vehicle and flight vehicle configurations, in addition to the approximate dimensions of the stages of the Saturn V launch vehicle."

Date: 1965