To achieve this, the Saturn V was outfitted with several engines, each providing thrust for one of the rocket's three stages. As each stage burned through its fuel, it was dropped and left to ...

In a Saturn V rocket engine, liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel are pumped separately into the engine at high pressure. They first travel through a pre-burner, which dumps exhaust into the air.

This means that a fully-fueled Saturn V rocket was 23 times more massive than when all its fuel was used up. Now, there have been advances in chemically-powered rockets since then, though ...

Its Orbital Workshop (OWS), the main section of Skylab, was converted from an S-IVB stage that had been intended for a Saturn IB rocket. A Saturn V rocket ... lifespan of the fuel cells on ...

Prior to that flight, NASA assembled a test rocket that brought together all the stages of the Saturn V rocket for testing ..