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A.K. Whitney

A.K. Whitney

A.K. Whitney is a Los Angeles freelance writer. She has written about STEM, health, education, and food for The Atlantic, Mental Floss, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan and Paste.

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Two workers are dwarfed by five Rocketdyne J-2 engines of the Saturn V second stage (S-II) as they make final inspections prior to a static test firing by North American Rockwell’s Space Division. | Courtesy of NASA
How SoCal’s Secret Defense Contracts Helped Get Mankind to the Moon
Southern California produced two of the three stages of the behemoth Saturn V rocket, the space vehicle that housed the astronauts during the journey to the moon.
Two workers are dwarfed by five Rocketdyne J-2 engines of the Saturn V second stage (S-II) as they make final inspections prior to a static test firing by North American Rockwell’s Space Division. | Courtesy of NASA
How SoCal’s Secret Defense Contracts Evolved to Get Mankind on the Moon
Southern California produced two of the three stages of the behemoth Saturn V rocket, the space vehicle that housed the astronauts during the journey to the moon.
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