The Saturn V rocket was able to attain 24,791 miles per hour with Apollo 10, setting the record for the fastest reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

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.

Join us as we explore the legacy of Saturn V, the rocket that changed history! Megaprojects. Saturn V: NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Explained. Posted: March 5, 2025 | Last updated: March 5, 2025.

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 ...

The rocket that launched the first astronauts to the moon will blast off from the back of a new dollar coin in 2024. NASA's Saturn V will be featured on Alabama's American Innovation $1 Coin.

When Paul Thomarios saw Kennedy Space Center's surviving Saturn V up close in 1995, it looked more like a junkyard cast-off than an icon. The five-month, $2.5 million restoration project was a ...

The Saturn V was used for the entire Apollo program, culminating in the last mission to the Moon, Apollo 17 in 1972. The big rocket was also used to launch Nasa’s first space station, Skylab, in ...

Today: Busting the popular myth that the Saturn V launch was loud enough to melt concrete. The 1967 Apollo 4 mission was an uncrewed flight to test the Saturn V rocket as a viable launch vehicle ...

At peak thrust, the Saturn V's five F-1 engines together produced the equivalent of 60 gigawatts of energy—roughly equal to the peak electricity demand of the entire United Kingdom.