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Old November 9th 08, 09:03 PM posted to sci.space.history
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Default Apollo 4--November 9, 1967

http://gizmodo.com/5079556/happy-bir...l-the-biggest-
rocket-of-all

or...

http://tinyurl.com/64n369

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November 9, 1967, T-minus 8.9 seconds: Thousands of gallons of kerosene and
liquid oxygen begin coursing through the giant center F1 rocket engine: The
Saturn V's ignition sequence has begun. Next, two outer engines are lit,
followed 300 milliseconds later by the other two, ignited in pairs to avoid
toppling the 364-foot rocket above. Nine seconds after all five engines go
to full thrust, the first Saturn V rocket begins to lift from the
launchpad, taking the unmanned Apollo 4 check-out module into space.

The launch was flawless. Forty-one years ago to the day, the Saturn V
became the biggest, tallest, largest-payload rocket ever to be sent into
space. Even more amazingly, it still is.
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More at the link.

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