Feb 2 1959

From The Space Library

First annual report on Aeronautical and Space Activities, covering all U.S. activities during the year 1958, was forwarded to the Congress by the President.

The Army proposed that the name of the large clustered-engine booster be changed from Juno V to Saturn, since Saturn was the next planet after Jupiter. Roy W. Johnson, Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, approved the name on February 3.

Senate Staff Report, Manned Space Flight Program, p. 165; Saturn Illustrated Chronology, p. 5.