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To date, the Saturn V is the only launch vehicle to transport human beings beyond low Earth orbit. A total of 24 humans were flown to the Moon in the four years spanning December 1968 through December 1972.
The S-II (pronounced "S-two") was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by North American Aviation . Using liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) it had five J-2 engines in a quincunx pattern.
The “V” stood for the five giant F-1 rocket engines—still the most powerful ever built—clustered at the bottom of the Saturn V’s first stage.
The world’s largest and most powerful space launch vehicle, the Apollo Saturn V was designed and built for the specific purpose of sending men to the Moon. Design and construction work was initiated under the Saturn C-5 designation in January, 1962.
Nov 9, 2022 · Article. On Nov. 9, 1967, with the Space Age barely 10 years old, NASA took one giant leap forward: the first flight of the Saturn V Moon rocket. For the mission known as Apollo 4, the 363-foot tall Saturn V had rolled out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Aug. 26, 1967.
The Saturn launch vehicle was the penultimate expression of the Peenemuende Rocket Team's designs for manned exploration of the moon and Mars.
Saturn V, a three-stage vehicle, was designed for crewed Apollo lunar flights. The first Saturn V was launched on November 9, 1967. It was employed for 10 U.S. crewed Apollo missions (Apollo 8–17, 1968–72) and a final time, uncrewed, in 1973 to orbit Skylab.
