Why Has No Rocket Surpassed Saturn V? Despite advances in technology, no rocket has matched Saturn V’s power and size. But why? Was it too expensive? Too complex? Or was it simply perfect for its time ...

Join [Fran] as she dons the hat of an electronics archaeologist when looking at this vintage circuit board from the space race ... Computer board for a Saturn V rocket. This particular unit ...

Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled ...

The 1800-pound Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket from ... the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very ...

On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight ...

Decades after the end of the space race ... he sought a new manufacturer for rocket engines, and he found one in Nikolai Kuznetsov. In a Saturn V rocket engine, liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel ...

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission ... began rolling out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. That same day, NASA managers met ...

Led by Wernher von Braun, the powerful Saturn V rocket was developed to lift the three Americans on their historic mission, according to information from the space center. With the 50-year ...

NASA's Space Shuttle successfully reached orbit during its first attempt in April 1981. The Saturn V rocket that launched the first humans to the Moon also didn't explode during liftoff in July 1969.

Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The number of moons increased substantially in March 2025 when 128 new moons were discovered by a team led by Edward Ashton ...

Once the most voluminous building in the world, the VAB was previously used to stack the Apollo-era Saturn V rocket and the space shuttles that flew for 30 years. The launch vehicle stage adapter ...

Thirty-three Raptor engines propelled the 404-foot-tall (123.1-meter) rocket through a clear afternoon sky with more than twice the power of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, the workhorse of the Apollo ...