Launch vehicle · United States
Saturn V
ExplorationRetired
Overview
A NASA super heavy-lift launch vehicle that carried every crewed Apollo mission to the Moon and launched the Skylab station.
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- LaunchedApollo 8
- LaunchedApollo 11
- LaunchedApollo 13
- LaunchedApollo 17
- Member of familySaturn
- Part of programApollo program
- Launched fromLaunch Complex 39A
- Has stageS-IC (Saturn V first stage)
- Has stageS-II (Saturn V second stage)
- Has stageS-IVB (Saturn upper stage)
- Replaced bySpace Launch System (SLS)
- Associated withApollo 11
- Powered byF-1
- Powered byJ-2
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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