To meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V, the ...

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Nasa. Historic lift-off of the Saturn V rocket carrying the 3 astronauts of the Apollo XI mission, who a few days later were about to set foot on the Moon. July 1969., July 1969 Vintage silver print ...

Fifty-five years ago Saturday, humanity made its first visit to the lunar surface with Apollo 11. Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts used advanced technology to land on the Moon. The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever at that point — although SpaceX's Starship topped it when it took flight in 2024.

On October 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com The Saturn I was the United States' first heavy-lift ...