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Saturn V

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.

Saturn V rocket

Height

110.6 m

Diameter

10.1 m

LEO capacity

140,000 kg

Manufacturer

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Total launches

13

Successful

12

Pending

0

Successful landings

0

Flight system

Built to move mass beyond the atmosphere.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.