The Saturn V was used by NASA in no less than 13 missions, with only one of them, Apollo 6, ending in partial failure, and all the others succeeding as planned. That meant NASA's higher-ups were ...

The Saturn V was used for the entire Apollo program, culminating in the last mission to the Moon, Apollo 17 in 1972. The big rocket was also used to launch Nasa’s first space station, Skylab, in ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is set to supersede the Saturn V as the most powerful launch vehicle ever blasted into space. The Artemis 1 mission is set to launch to the moon.

NASA opted for lunar orbit rendezvous in 1962, selecting the Saturn V and also authorizing the development of an “Uprated Saturn I” rocket with an enhanced S-IB first stage and the more ...

When NASA’s Saturn V rocket launched humans to the moon a half-century ago, each blast-off amazed onlookers with its power. Flames from the launch dazzled. Its explosive liftoff was thunderously ...

On Aug. 26, 1967, that 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket − which weighed 18-million pounds − crawled out of the VAB at approximately one mile per hour. It's destination: the new launch pad known ...

For decades, the iconic Saturn V was a symbol of ingenuity, ambition, and national pride. But before it made its debut on the launch pad in 1966, NASA had something entirely different on the ...

NASA. An uncrewed version of the rocket was tested during Apollo 4 and Apollo 6 in 1967 and 1968, respectively. And later in 1968, Saturn V ferried its first crew of astronauts around the Moon ...

The Saturn V it launched on was SA-512, the twelfth of thirteen Saturn Vs to fly. Apollo 17 was the final lunar landing for NASA's Apollo program. The Saturn V it launched on was SA-512 , the ...