The Apollo programme would not have been the same if not for Saturn V. It is the most powerful rocket ever built; Saturn V is a three-stage rocket that uses high performance liquid hydrogen fuel for propulsion. This launch vehicle was specially developed to support the Apollo programme.
Saturn V is taller than a 36 storeyed building and holds a cluster of five engines in its first two stages. It was flight tested twice without a crew. In December 1968, the first manned Saturn V sent the Apollo 8 astronauts into the orbit around the Moon. A year later, Saturn V launched the first manned landing on the Moon. This legendary rocket was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Centre. It was also used to launch Skylab, America’s first space station.
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