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Back: The second Uprated Saturn I launch vehicle (designated AS-203) stands on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. Blunt nosecone replaced the Apollo spacecraft for this special flight. This was a liquid hydrogen test to determine how liquid hydrogen reacted in space. Television comeras were in the top of the second stage's liquid hydrogen tank. The Saturn was developed at MSFC, Huntsville, AIabama.
Source: Scenic South Card Co., Bessemer, Ala.
Color by NASA
Rights: From the postcard collection of George and Peg Heeschen, The Southpaw, Huntsville, Alabama