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Loading contentThe Saturn V was a NASA super heavy-lift launch vehicle that carried the Apollo missions to the Moon and launched the Skylab space station.
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The Saturn V was a NASA super heavy-lift launch vehicle that carried the crewed Apollo missions to the Moon and launched Skylab; it stood about 110 m tall and placed roughly 140 tonnes into low Earth orbit.
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Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and orbit the Moon, returning the famous 'Earthrise' photograph.
Apollo 11 was the NASA mission that in July 1969 first landed humans on the Moon, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the lunar surface.
Apollo 13's planned lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen-tank explosion; the crew returned safely in a celebrated rescue.
Apollo 17 was the final crewed Apollo lunar landing, carrying the first scientist-astronaut to the Moon.
NASA's family of heavy- and super-heavy-lift rockets developed for the Apollo program — the Saturn I, Saturn IB, and the Moon-launching Saturn V.
The Apollo program landed the first humans on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, carrying out six crewed lunar landings.
The historic Kennedy Space Center pad that launched the Apollo 11 Saturn V and many Space Shuttle flights, now leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship operations.
The Saturn V first stage, powered by five F-1 engines burning RP-1 and liquid oxygen — the stage that generated the Saturn V's ~34 MN of liftoff thrust.
The Saturn V second stage, powered by five J-2 engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
The restartable single-J-2 upper stage used as the Saturn V third stage and the Saturn IB second stage; its restart performed trans-lunar injection for Apollo.
The Space Launch System is NASA's super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed to carry the Orion spacecraft and crew under the Artemis program.
The RP-1/LOX engine of the Saturn V first stage — five clustered F-1s remain the most powerful single-chamber liquid engines ever flown, lifting Apollo off the pad.
The restartable LH2/LOX engine of the Saturn V second and third stages and the Saturn IB second stage; its S-IVB restart sent Apollo crews toward the Moon.
Russia's modular heavy-lift launcher built from common URM core boosters and burning kerosene/LOX, intended to replace the Proton.
A medium-lift rocket operated by Northrop Grumman that launched Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS; the flown Antares 230+ retired in 2023 after its Russian/Ukrainian first-stage supply was cut, pending the U.S.-built Antares 330.
Europe's first launcher, which established independent access to space and orbited the Giotto probe to Halley's Comet.
An uprated single-payload development of Ariane 1 with a more powerful third stage.
An Ariane variant adding two solid strap-on boosters and dual-payload capability for commercial satellites.
A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
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