An illustration from 1967 compares the sizes of the Saturn V rocket and the Statue of Liberty. At 363 feet tall (111 m), the Saturn V was almost 60 feet (18 m) taller than the Statue of Liberty.

The Saturn V rocket first launched 50 years ago today (Nov. 9). Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... (18,079 km) above Earth. [NASA's Gutsy First Launch of the Saturn V Moon Rocket] ...

November 9, 1967, T-minus 8.9 seconds: Thousands of gallons of kerosene and liquid oxygen begin coursing through the giant center F1 rocket engine: The Saturn V’s ignition sequence has begun ...

The Saturn V rocket remains one of NASA's greatest technological achievements—a powerful launch vehicle that finally brought the Moon within reach.

HOUSTON - Dwarfed by the Saturn V rocket’s immense size, 10-year-old Adam Brauscum stood in awe as his father described how such massive machinery carried man to the moon.

Instead of scrapping the Saturn V rocket after Apollo 18 was canceled, NASA preserved it at their Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, shown below. Check out the Saturn V rocket in the lower right.

The Saturn V rocket engines may have launched the first men to the moon Once restored%2C the engines are expected to be displayed at museums in Washington%2C D.C.%2C and Seattle PORT CANAVERAL, Fla.

T he Saturn V rocket was part of the technology that made the Apollo mission successful and played a pivotal role in launching Apollo 11 to the Moon in 1969, marking a turning point in human history.

German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped build the V-2 rocket, came to work for NASA in 1945 as part of Operation Paperclip. His job was to share his accumulated knowledge with the ...

The Saturn V rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville is lit up blue on March 29, 2023, to honor fallen Huntsville police Officer Garrett Crumby and wounded Officer Albert Morin.