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Got a Space Nerd in your car, then you have to visit a NASA site. NASA Visitor Centers are scattered across the U.S. and are ...
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.
Bigger Than Saturn, Bound for Deep Space Part space shuttle, part Apollo, the Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket ever built. Will it be the best?
This historic mission launched on December 21, 1968 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
On November 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V was 363 feet tall. That's taller than the Statue of Liberty! It was the biggest and most ...
The Saturn V had 34.5 million newtons (7.6 million pounds) of thrust at launch. The 9 engine SpaceX Starship upper stage would have 83% of the thrust of the Saturn V booster stage.
This historic mission launched on December 21, 1968 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
While the Saturn V produced 7.5 million pounds of launch thrust (the current SLS generates 8.8 million), the Nova would have taken off with an astounding 12 million pounds of thrust, according to ...
The Saturn V rocket remains one of NASA's greatest technological achievements—a powerful launch vehicle that finally brought the Moon within reach.