Saturn V

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expendable launch vehicle heavy-lift launch vehicle rocket

Saturn V was a powerful American heavy-lift launch vehicle used during the Apollo and Skylab programs to send astronauts and payloads into space, including missions to the Moon.

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Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle → heavy-lift launch vehicle → rocket →
carriedSpacecraft	Apollo Command and Service Module → Apollo Lunar Module → Skylab orbital workshop →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
designer	Wernher von Braun →
developedBy	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center →
developedUnderProgram	Apollo program →
diameter	10.1 m → 33.1 ft →
era	Cold War →
firstFlight	1967-11-09 →
firstFlightMission	Apollo 4 →
firstStage	S-IC →
firstStageEngineCount	5 →
firstStageEngineType	F-1 →
height	110.6 m → 363 ft →
lastFlight	1973-05-14 →
lastFlightMission	Skylab 1 →
launchedFrom	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B →
launchFailures	0 →
launchSuccesses	13 →
liftoffThrust	about 34,000 kN → about 7.6 million lbf →
manufacturer	NASA →
massAtLiftoff	about 2,970,000 kg → about 6,540,000 lb →
notableAchievement	enabled first crewed Moon landing on Apollo 11 →
notableMission	Apollo 11 → Apollo 13 → Apollo 8 → Skylab 1 →
operatedBy	NASA →
oxidizerFirstStage	liquid oxygen →
oxidizerUpperStages	liquid oxygen →
payloadToLEO	about 140,000 kg → about 310,000 lb →
payloadToTLI	about 48,600 kg →
predecessor	Saturn I → Saturn IB →
primaryPurpose	launch heavy payloads to low Earth orbit → send astronauts to the Moon →
propellantFirstStage	RP-1 kerosene →
propellantUpperStages	liquid hydrogen →
secondStage	S-II →
secondStageEngineCount	5 →
secondStageEngineType	J-2 →
stages	3 →
status	retired →
successor	Space Launch System →
thirdStage	S-IVB →
thirdStageEngineCount	1 →
thirdStageEngineType	J-2 →
totalLaunches	13 →
usedInProgram	Apollo program → Skylab program →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo 11 → Apollo 11 ("Saturn V SA-506") → Apollo 12 → Apollo 14 → Apollo 15 → Apollo 16 → Apollo 17 → Apollo 8 → Apollo Lunar Module → Apollo command and service module → Apollo program →	launchVehicle
NASA → United States rocket program ("Saturn V rocket") →	developed
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → Launch Operations Center →	supportsLaunchVehicle
Vehicle Assembly Building ("Saturn V launch vehicle") →	constructedFor
Apollo 13 ("Saturn V rocket") →	depictsTechnology
LC-39B →	designedFor
U.S. Space & Rocket Center ("Saturn V rocket") →	exhibits
Rocket Park ("Saturn V rocket") →	hasExhibit
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →	launchVehicleSupported
Skylab program →	launchVehicleUsed
Wernher von Braun ("Saturn V rocket") →	notableWork
Saturn I →	predecessorOf
Saturn V ("S-II") →	secondStage
Saturn I →	successor
LC-39B →	supportedVehicle
Stennis Space Center ("Saturn V rocket stages") →	testedEngineType
Apollo astronauts →	usedLaunchVehicle