At one point a four-engine version, the Saturn IV, had been considered, but in the complicated tradeoffs that led to the final design of NASA’s moon rocket, the “V” variant won out.

NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building: this giant rocket garage helped take America to the moon and stands poised to do so again.

Before Saturn V made its debut on the launch pad in 1966, NASA had something entirely different on the drawing board - something bigger.

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.

SpaceX tests its Starship rocket in a dramatic engine burn, setting the stage for a launch more powerful than NASA's mega moon rocket.

By this stage, plans for crewed missions aboard the Saturn I had been abandoned, with the rocket’s payload capacity limiting what could be carried aboard an operational spacecraft – and ...

The deteriorating Saturn 1B rocket stood at the welcome center on Interstate 65 for more than 40 years.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is the best candidate to oversee the construction of a replacement rocket at the Alabama welcome center on Interstate 65 in Ardmore, according to a state lawmaker.

The Saturn V carried man to the moon and remains the most powerful rocket to successfully launch to orbit. It captures the imagination -- but sometimes, it might capture a bit too much imagination ...

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.