Saturn V rockets would continue to lift the crews of Apollo missions to the moon with Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 journeying to the lunar surface.

T o meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V ...

Perhaps the most commonly reproduced photograph in human history is known as “The Blue Marble Shot.” The famous photo, taken from the Saturn V Rocket in 1972, was the first and only photo ...

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 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.

Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 11 liftoff as seen from Launch Complex 39 press site, July 16, 1969. Image courtesy NASA History Office. Saturn V.

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.

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