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The final result was the Saturn V, the rocket that would power all six successful moon landings and the launching of the ...
An illustration from 1967 compares the sizes of the Saturn V rocket and the Statue of Liberty. At 363 feet tall (111 m), the Saturn V was almost 60 feet (18 m) taller than the Statue of Liberty.
NASA's incredible Saturn V rocket propelled dozens of humans toward Earth's moon. The rocket's first flight, for the Apollo 4 mission, took place 50 years ago, on Nov. 9, 1967.
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.
Why did the Saturn V, which was a symmetrical tube of a rocket, need to roll into orbit? ... and the umbilical tower that held the rocket until it left the Earth sat north of the rocket.
While 18 complete Saturn V rockets were built, only 13 were ever launched (the rest were built for testing or never used once Apollo’s funding dried up). The Saturn V was a three-stage rocket.
Even after the Falcon Heavy launches, the Saturn V will remain the tallest and most powerful rocket ever, and the only one to help carry humans beyond Earth's orbit. NASA used the Saturn V to send ...
3.6K. As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans ...
The Juno 1 launched the first US satellite in January 1958 and served as a prototype for the Saturn series for deployment for Earth orbit and lunar missions. The Apollo 4 mission launched with a ...