Saturn

Saturn is the family of giant rockets built for Apollo by Wernher von Braun's team. The Saturn I proves clustered engines and liquid-hydrogen stages, the Saturn IB flies the first crewed Apollo mission and the Skylab crews, and the Saturn V sends 24 astronauts to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. None of their launches is lost.

Launches

26

Success rate

96%

0 failures · 1 partial

First flight

1964

Saturn I

Last flight

1975

Saturn IB

Rocket types

3