NASA Announces Advanced Saturn C-5 Moon Rocket Plans, January 9, 1962
Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.
Date: January 9, 1962
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