Saturn rocket
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The three-stage Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo launches of the 1960s and 1970s. It stood 111 m/365 ft high, as tall as a 30-storey skyscraper, weighed 2,700 tonnes when loaded with fuel, and developed a power equivalent to 50 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.
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Lift-off of the Saturn V rocket carrying US astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins aboard the Apollo 11 on their way to the Moon, on 16 July 1969.
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When it was built the Saturn V was the largest operational launch vehicle ever produced. With its Apollo spacecraft payload it was over 111 m/363 ft high.
Family of large US rockets, developed by German-born US rocket engineer Wernher von Braun for the Apollo project. The two-stage Saturn IB was used for launching Apollo spacecraft into orbit around the Earth. The three-stage Saturn V sent Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, and launched the Skylab space station. The take-off thrust of a Saturn V was 3.4 million kg/7.5 million lb. After Apollo and Skylab, the Saturn rockets were retired in favour of the space shuttle.
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