The Flickr Sa203 Image Generatr

“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the second Saturn/Apollo uprated Saturn I at 9:53 EST, July 5, 1966 from Complex 37, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Primary purpose of the unmanned mission will be a unique engineering study of liquid hydrogen fuel behavior and the launch vehicle’s S-IVB second stage prior to its use as a stage of Saturn V rockets in NASA’s Manned Lunar landing program. The uprated Saturn I will not carry an Apollo spacecraft, instead, the vehicle’s second stage and instrument unit and nose cone will orbit as one body, 92 feet long. It will weigh 58,500 pounds, the heaviest U.S. satellite ever place[d] in orbit.”

The above is taken from the official NASA caption associated with another photo of the launch.

One of my favorite rockets in appearance, and a fantastic photograph of it. Sometimes, black & white is just "it".

The referenced liquid hydrogen fuel’s inflight behavior:

youtu.be/mJzT2bBGVfo
Credit: Mark Gray/YouTube

“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the second Saturn/Apollo uprated Saturn I at 9:53 EST, July 5, 1966 from Complex 37, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Primary purpose of the unmanned mission will be a unique engineering study of liquid hydrogen fuel behavior and the launch vehicle’s S-IVB second stage prior to its use as a stage of Saturn V rockets in NASA’s Manned Lunar landing program. The uprated Saturn I will not carry an Apollo spacecraft, instead, the vehicle’s second stage and instrument unit and nose cone will orbit as one body, 92 feet long. It will weigh 58,500 pounds, the heaviest U.S. satellite ever place[d] in orbit.”

The referenced liquid hydrogen fuel’s inflight behavior:

youtu.be/mJzT2bBGVfo
Credit: Mark Gray/YouTube

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

Fusée - Saturn IB SA203 - Rocket

South African Airways A340-642 Reg: ZS-SNI as "Springbok 203 Heavy" arriving before sunrise at JFK from Johannesburg.

AS-203 was an unmanned test of the S-IVB (second stage) and the IU (instrument unit) of the Saturn V to obtain flight information under orbital conditions. The configuration of the Saturn IB was made to match the Saturn V as closely as possible. The two-stage launch vehicle boosted a payload consisting of the S-IVB, IU, and a nose cone into a 188 km circular orbit with a period of 88.21 minutes and an inclination of 31.94 degrees. The S-IVB engine burned once in the Earth's atmosphere and then was shut down. The engine's capability to restart after coast was demonstrated. Flight information was obtained on venting and chill down systems, attitude and guidance control, thermal control, and performance of the propellant tanks. Two cameras were mounted to take photos to record the behavior of the liquid hydrogen fuel in the tanks. One of the cameras failed before launch, the other transmitted images to Earth. During the fourth orbit internal pressures built up in the S-IVB stage while a pressure differential test was being performed. The pressures built up well in excess of design values and the stage fragmented. However, all mission objectives were achieved.

Obviously, some mottling of the image has occurred, and it's flat, i.e., NOT glossy, and it's not a satin or matte finish. However, it is totally uniform & even in its flat finish across the image...odd. The 'caption' across the bottom white border is affixed.

Possible/probable descriptive text associated with 107P-KSC-66P-300:

"Lift off of Saturn Mission SA-203, the second in the up-rated Saturn I development mission series, was accomplished from the Cape's Launch Complex 37 at 10:53 a.m., July 5, 1966.

The up-rated Saturn I - consisting of an S-IB stage, S-IVB stage, and an instrument unit - boosted an unmanned payload into an original orbit of 185 by 189 kilometres. The inboard engine cut-off of the first stage occurred after 2 minutes 18 seconds of flight and the outboard engine cut-off was 4 seconds later. The S-IVB engine burned 4 minutes 50 seconds. No recovery was planned and the payload was expected to enter the earth's atmosphere after about four days."

An absolutely stunning photograph.

“THE UPRATED SATURN I UNDERGOES SIMULATED COUNTDOWN AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 37, WITH SERVICE SPRUCTURE PRIOR TO BEING PULLED BACK.”

Also, per the caption of the 66-H-918 issuance of the photo:

“Complex 37 is cleared of personnel and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second Saturn/Apollo uprated Saturn I launch vehicle A/S-203 is ready for lift-off. Primary purpose of the unmanned mission is a unique engineering study of liquid hydrogen fuel behavior during orbital flight. The uprated Saturn I will not carry an Apollo spacecraft. Instead, the vehicles second stage (S-IVB) and instrumented unit and a nose cone will orbit as one body, 92 feet long. It will weigh 58,500 pounds, the heaviest U.S. satellite ever placed in orbit.”

Photo montage of AS-203 S-IB stage erection at Launch Complex 37B.

South African Airways A340-642 Reg: ZS-SNE "Springbok 203" arriving in the early morning at JFK from Johannesburg.

PT: Estrada SA-203 que termina na Peña de Francia. Nos seus últimos 4 quilómetros a estrada encontra-se um pouco degradada pelo que há que ter cuidado.
ES: SA-203 es la carretera que termina en la Peña de Francia. En sus últimos cuatro kilometros, la carretera está un poco degradada así que ha tener cuidado...