NASA As for LC-39B, it has been outfitted for multiple vehicles, but its primary purpose will be to host the gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a Saturn-V-sized monster that will send ...

Why It Matters: The Saturn V was used in the Apollo programs in the 1960s and 1970s, weighed 6.2 million pounds, and generated 34.5 million newtons (7.6 million pounds) of thrust at launch.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center played host to a different type of launch on Tuesday (Feb ... as you can see, so is the Saturn V rocket that took America to the moon — developed right here ...

As of 2024, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry people outside of Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and it carried a hefty payload. The Saturn V's Rocketdyne J-2 engines had to push more ...

[Fran] has been researching the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer – the computer that flew all the Apollo flights into orbit and onwards towards the moon – for a while now. Even though ...

This test will see the launch team practice every part of the countdown except ignition of the five F-1 engines at the base of the Saturn V rocket and lift off of the vehicle. By fully fueling the ...

Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, [...] ...