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.

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.

We had tested small engines, even the J-2 [used on the Saturn second and third stages], which was about half the size or less. But our operations with smaller sizes were never anything like the F-1.

By comparison, NASA's titanic Saturn V Moon rocket was 363 feet tall. New Glenn's first stage will be powered by seven BE-4 rocket engines, which burn methane and liquid oxygen.

The Ares I-X mission – which used a Space Shuttle solid rocket booster, mockup second stage, ... It lifted off on 9 November 1967, marking the maiden flight of the iconic Saturn V rocket.

322 feet; Two stage rocket with two solid rocket boosters; NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will launch Orion spacecraft and its astronaut crews of four to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.

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