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Saturn I RIFT

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Saturn C-2 with RIFT Saturn C-2 with RIFT (Reactor In-Flight Test) Nuclear upper stage Credit: © Mark Wade

Status: Development ended 1961. Thrust: 6,690.00 kN (1,503,970 lbf). Gross mass: 625,000 kg (1,377,000 lb). Height: 80.00 m (262.00 ft). Diameter: 6.52 m (21.39 ft).

• RIFT flight briefed to contractors. - . Nation: USA. Program: NERVA. Reactor-in-flight-test system (Rift) study, a part of the NASA-AEC program on nuclear rockets, was briefed by contractors at NASA headquarters..

• Kiwi B-1A tests completed. - . Nation: USA. Program: NERVA.

  Power run completed the test series on the Kiwi B-1A reactor system being conducted at the Nevada Test Site by AEC's Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Fourth in a series of test reactors in the joint AEC-NASA nuclear rocket propulsion program, Kiwi B-1A was disassembled for examination at the conclusion of the test runs.