Kennedy Space Center: Apollo/Saturn V Center

Merritt Island, September 2016

Saturn V was the rocket that sent humans to the Moon. There are only three surplus Saturn V rockets on display that were left over at the end of the Apollo program.

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Saturn V

Saturn V was a three-stage rocket. The first stage (S-I) was powered by five massive F-1 engines;

the second stage (S-II) was powered by five J-2 engines. This type of engine also powered the second stage of the Saturn IB rocket shown on a previous post;

the J-2 engine also powered the third and last stage (S-IVB, which was also the second stage on the Saturn IB). On this stage, only one engine was required;

and finally the very top of the rocket with the Apollo spacecraft including the Command Module (CM), Service Module (SM) and Lunar Module (LM):

I visited Kennedy Space Center again in 2019.