It doesn't matter how many people NASA's Space Launch System rocket eventually lands on the Moon. No matter whether it's 15 percent as estimated, 20, or even 30 percent more powerful than the Saturn V ...

For a few magic years in the 1960s and 1970s, a powerful rocket hefted humans towards the moon. The Saturn V is probably NASA's most famous rocket, with its iconic 363-foot (110-meter) profile showing ...

ULA's Delta IV Heavy rocket will conduct a final, classified mission on Thursday after a notable 20-year career. The Saturn V rocket remains one of NASA's greatest technological achievements—a ...

Before the Space Launch System rocket of the Artemis program and SpaceX's Starship got here, the Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo Moon exploration program was humanity's largest and most powerful ...

The Saturn V did not cruise to the Moon at a single speed, it accelerated through distinct phases, briefly peaking at a ...

Abundant internet claims about the acoustic power of the Saturn V suggest that it melted concrete and lit grass on fire over a mile away, but such ideas are undeniably false. Researchers used a ...

Editor’s note: This article about Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center, and the space program is part of WRAL TechWire’s weeklong contribution to the Triangle’s “Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond” ...

More than 40 years in the making, the Saturn V rocket was born of the worst war in history—but came of age as humanity's crowning engineering achievement when it launched the first men who would walk ...

HOUSTON — Dwarfed by the Saturn V rocket's immense size, 10-year-old Adam Brauscum stood in awe as his father described how such massive machinery carried man to the moon. "It's so big," Adam said ...

This analyst refuses to except the notion that NASA cannot return to the Saturn 5 — it s most cost-effective launcher in terms of cost per pound to orbit. Through careful planning and management of ...

The Saturn V rocket, which carried NASA's legendary Apollo missions to the Moon, was the most powerful rocket ever launched. Even in aged videos, its explosive energy is apparent. Soaring into the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It stood taller than the Statue of Liberty, was more massive than six Boeing 747 jetliners and ...