Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/2008 Fortnight 4

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Saturn INT-21
  • …that the rocket that launched Skylab was a Saturn INT-21 (pictured), not a Saturn V, as is commonly believed.
  • …that the N1 rocket had 30 engines just to power its first stage.
  • …that Space Shuttle mission STS-8 was the first night launch and night landing in 1983 for the shuttle program.