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On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches Saturn I rocket on 1st test flight from Florida to set stage for the mighty Saturn V moon rocket

The Saturn I was the United States' first heavy-lift rocket designed to launch big payloads beyond low Earth orbit.

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