Launch vehicle
Saturn V
The Saturn V was a NASA super heavy-lift launch vehicle that carried the Apollo missions to the Moon and launched the Skylab space station.
- Type
- Launch vehicle
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 15
NASA/MAF · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Launch vehicle
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Rocket engineering profile
A vehicle-first layout for staging, launch context, organizations, and mission graph relations.
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Observe
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Measure
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Locate
Operated by NASA.
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Connect
15 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Launch vehicle
- Graph relations
- 15
- Verified sources
- 1
- Image records
- 4
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Mission context
- Operated by
NASA
- Launched
Apollo 8
- Launched
Apollo 11
- Launched
Apollo 13
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Mission architecture
- Agency
- Not recorded
- Launch year
- Not recorded
- Mission type
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
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- LaunchedApollo 11
- Associated withApollo 11
- LaunchedApollo 13
- LaunchedApollo 17
- LaunchedApollo 8
- Part of programApollo program
- Powered byF-1
- Powered byJ-2
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Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Saturn V Boosters in Production at Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA/MAF · NASA media (public domain)
Saturn V Production at MIchoud Assembly Facility -1967
NASA/MAF · NASA media (public domain)
Apollo 50th Anniversary Gala
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Apollo 1 Tribute
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
NASA
space missionApollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and orbit the Moon, returning the famous 'Earthrise' photograph.
space missionApollo 11
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.
space missionApollo 13
Apollo 13's planned lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen-tank explosion; the crew returned safely in a celebrated rescue.
space missionApollo 17
Apollo 17 was the final crewed Apollo lunar landing, carrying the first scientist-astronaut to the Moon.
rocket familySaturn
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.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 1967-10-05
Gallery
Apollo 50th Anniversary Gala
Gerry Griffin, Apollo flight director, makes remarks during the Apollo 11 50th Gala, pressented by Northrop Grumman, inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on July 16, 2019
2019
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
launch_vehicle:saturn-v- Type
- Launch vehicle
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 15
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/launch_vehicle:saturn-v
Scientific quality
Substantial5 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Partial
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- Complete
- Citation coverage
- Complete
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- None
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
Provenance & sources
review 2026.1Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate
- High evidenceconfirmed
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.
Source: NASA Science · Public domain (US Government work)
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Sources & references
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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