Blue Origin to revive historic Saturn V test stand

A piece of Space Age history gets a new lease on life as NASA and Blue Origin enter into an agreement that will allow the private space company to refurbish and operate the famous test stand used to develop the Saturn V moon rockets. Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will reactivate and upgrade Test Stand 4670 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for test firing the company's latest rocket engines.

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