2009-05-03

Steve Eves Saturn V Rocket Replica

National Geographic

World's Largest Model Rocket Launch Is Blazing Success


At nearly four stories tall, the world's largest model rocket was only a tenth the size of a real rocket. But the craft's April 25 launch in Price, Maryland, was no small feat.

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Lake Township man aims high with Saturn V rocket replica

It's where Steve Eves, 50, has taken his lifelong love of rockets to new heights. The auto-body technician is constructing a 36-foot hobby rocket replica of the iconic Saturn V that took Americans to the moon in the country's race to beat the Soviet Union to the lunar surface during the Cold War.

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Steve Eves Builds Saturn V Rocket Replica

Steve Eves 1:10th Scale Saturn V
Preparation and Launch
April 24-25, 2009
MDRA Field

Higgs Farm, Price Maryland

Hundreds of photos from Steve Eves' 1:10th Scale Saturn V Launch Day
are available for purchase in the ROCKETS Magazine Photo Shop

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Sources:
  1. World's Largest Model Rocket Launch Is Blazing Success
  2. YouTube - Steve Eves' Saturn V Launch
  3. Lake Township man aims high with Saturn V rocket replica - Rocketry Planet
  4. YouTube - Steve Eves Builds Saturn V Rocket Replica
  5. Rockets Magazine - Saturn V Project
  6. Rockets Magazine - Saturn V Project

Related:
  1. Baltimore City Paper - News+Features: Rocket Men
  2. Spaceports: Steve Eves into the Record Books with Model Saturn V Launch from Maryland
  3. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 in style - Ars Technica
  4. Ohio.com - 'Rocket scientist' counting down