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What Engines Did Apollo 11 Use & Just How Powerful Are They?
The Saturn V rocket ... feet per second, or around 5,113 miles per hour. This amounts to Mach 6.72. The F-1 engines mounted to the rocket's first stage packed a lot of power into a small area.
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Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States...Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station...
On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted ... the first and second stages separated. Retro-rockets pushed the S-IC away from the S-II second stage, whose five J-2 engines ignited to ...