To get the Saturn V into orbit and carry humanity to the surface of the moon, the five engines of the first two stages of the rocket used liquid hydrogen fuel to blast off with 34.5 million ...

In total, the Saturn V has three rocket stages and a single spacecraft, which contains a lunar and command module for the astronauts. ... The second stage is barely visible in the back.

The first stage of the Saturn V rocket, using five F-1 rocket engines, produced 7.5 million lbs. (3.4 million kilograms) of thrust and was used during launch for about 2 minutes. It gobbled up 20 ...

That rocket would be known as the Saturn V, a three-stage rocket that, until the space shuttle era, was the most powerful launch vehicle to successfully take flight.

From there, 20,000 companies and some 400,000 engineers were tasked with developing the rocket’s three stages, the lander, and command module that would ultimately make the Saturn V the most ...

The nine servicing arms linking the 398-foot-tall LUT to the 363-foot-tall Saturn V would retract or swing out of the way; then, between 1.4 and 9.4 seconds after liftoff, the rocket would perform ...

The 34,000- pound third stage, 4,500-pound instrument ring, 7,500-pound service module and 10,400- pound command module including escape rocket are hung from the ceiling. The stages are separated ...

The Saturn V rocket was able to attain 24,791 miles per hour with Apollo 10, setting the record for the fastest reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

The final result was the Saturn V, the rocket that would power all six successful moon landings and the launching of the ...