Saturn V
Tallest NASA rocket
Saturn V was the American rocket that carried astronauts to the Moon during NASA's Apollo program (1967–1973).
At 363 feet tall, it remains the most powerful rocket ever successfully flown.
The name follows NASA's convention of Roman numerals for rocket variants: The Saturn V launched all crewed lunar missions.
Contest for orbital superiority
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- Wernher von BraunGerman-American aerospace engineer
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
Cape Canaveral · Kennedy Space Center · launch pad · Skylab · moonshot · NASA · superpower rivalry · national prestige
First manned lunar landing
- Apollo programUS moonshot initiative
- lunar moduleSpacecraft for surface landings
- command moduleSpacecraft's control and living section
- service moduleSpacecraft's power and propulsion unit
Neil Armstrong · Buzz Aldrin · Michael Collins · Sea of Tranquility · moonwalk · lunar surface · splashdown · lunar orbit
Forceful forward motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- first stageInitial phase of process
- second stageSubsequent portion of progression
third stage · liquid fuel · kerosene · liquid oxygen · liquid hydrogen · nozzle · payload · interstage
Backward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- ground controlEarth-based flight management
flight director · trajectory · Cape Canaveral · launch tower · ignition sequence · T-minus · launch window · rollout
space race
Contest for orbital superiority
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- Wernher von BraunGerman-American aerospace engineer
Kennedy · Cape Canaveral · Kennedy Space Center · launch pad · Skylab · moonshot · NASA · superpower rivalry · national prestige · space age
Apollo 11
First manned lunar landing
- Apollo programUS moonshot initiative
- lunar moduleSpacecraft for surface landings
- command moduleSpacecraft's control and living section
service module · Neil Armstrong · Buzz Aldrin · Michael Collins · Sea of Tranquility · moonwalk · lunar surface · splashdown · lunar orbit · Eagle
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- first stageInitial phase of process
second stage · third stage · liquid fuel · kerosene · liquid oxygen · liquid hydrogen · nozzle · payload · interstage · fuel tank
countdown
Backward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
ground control · flight director · trajectory · Cape Canaveral · launch tower · ignition sequence · T-minus · launch window · rollout
- rocketsrocket, rockets, ballistic missile, booster, boosters
- space explorationrockets, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy, probes
- Space HistoryApollo 11, moon landing, Sputnik, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- Moon topicsApollo missions, moon landing, lunar exploration, lunar module, lunar surface
Saturn Vmodel rocket
Small launchable replica spacecraft
bottle rocket · firework · V-2 · Redstone · V-2 rocket
- Saturn ringsIcy debris encircling planet
- Saturn rocketHeavy-lift space launch vehicle
- Sega Saturn32-bit home console