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Concept art of the Saturn C-1, the Saturn C-5, and the proposed Nova.

Note: "the early designs for the Saturn rockets each have an additional stage that was omitted on the production vehicles. The Marshall Space Flight Center directed studies of Nova configuration from 1960 to 1962 as a means of achieving a manned lunar landing with a direct flight to the Moon. Various configurations of the vehicle were examined, the largest being a five-stage vehicle using eight F-1 engines in the first stage. Although the program was effectively cancelled in 1962 when NASA planners selected the lunar-orbital rendezvous mode, the proposed F-1 engine was eventually used to propel the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle in the Apollo Program."

Date: April 11, 1962

NASA ID: 9902050

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Still swinging at 60 Iso Grifo A3/L Prototype, 1963, by Bertone. Designed by a young Giorgio Giugiaro while he was working at Bertone, the Grifo borrowed its engine from the Corvette. Iso’s business was founded on refrigerators, motor cycles and later, in the 1950s on the 236-cc Isetta bubble car. However Renzo Rivolta, founder and CEO of Iso S.p.A had ambitions and saw potential in combining American muscle with Italian stying. The Grifo went into production in 1965 and remained on sale until Iso's demise in 1974. The company was reformed and in collaboration with Zagato produced a special edition of 19 Iso Rivolta GTZ cars in 2021

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Apollo 6 (CSM-020/SA-502) launching from LC-39A. This was the second launch of the Saturn V and the focus of this mission was to fully qualifying the launch vehicle.

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"Nominal completion of planned mission events through attainment of the initial parking orbit, and the restarting of the S-IVB to propel the space vehicle towards the planned distance, beyond the Moon's orbit, was deemed sufficient to fulfill Apollo 6's main objectives."

Date: April 4, 1968

NASA ID: 6864722, 107-KSC-68P-120, 68-HC-201, S68-27364, AP6-S68-27728

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Alden staRRcar, 1966. A proposal by William Alden for a dual-mode transit system whereby electrically powered vehicles could be driven independently before joining up with a tracked network which would take over both powering and navigating the unit thus making the vehicle autonomous for longer journeys. The idea was developed by Boeing Vertol into a much larger tracked vehicle for 20 people that became the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system which first opened for service in 1975, and with the exception of a closure for expansion, has remained in service ever since

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