![]() Two smaller rockets, the Saturn I (1) and IB (1b), were used to launch humans into Earth orbit. It was one of three types of Saturn rockets NASA built. The Saturn V was developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Credit: NASA What was the History of the Saturn V? The S-1C booster for the Apollo 11 Saturn V waits inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in February 1969. That's about the same as four school buses. ![]() The Saturn V could launch about 43,500 kilograms (50 tons) to the Moon. That's about as much weight as 10 school buses. It could launch about 118,000 kilograms (130 tons) into Earth orbit. A car that gets 48 kilometers (30 miles) to the gallon could drive around the world around 800 times with the amount of fuel the Saturn V used for a lunar landing mission. The rocket generated 34.5 million newtons (7.6 million pounds) of thrust at launch, creating more power than 85 Hoover Dams. ![]() Fully fueled for liftoff, the Saturn V weighed 2.8 million kilograms (6.2 million pounds), the weight of about 400 elephants. The Saturn V rocket was 111 meters (363 feet) tall, about the height of a 36-story-tall building, and 18 meters (60 feet) taller than the Statue of Liberty. The Apollo Saturn V, at 363 feet towers above Lady Liberty, as the statue is called, standing at 305 feet. This 1967 illustration compares the Apollo Saturn V Spacecraft of the Moon Landing era to the Statue of Liberty located on Ellis Island in New York City. ![]()
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