The rocket that takes people to the Moon, the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket of its time. It sends Apollo 8 around the Moon in 1968 and Apollo 11 to the first landing in 1969, and its last flight, in 1973, places Skylab in orbit. No Saturn V payload is ever lost.
- Launches
- 13
- Success rate
- 92%
- 0 failures · 1 partial
- Builder
- Boeing / North American / Douglas
- Height
- 110.6 m
- Diameter
- 10.1 m
- Stages
- 3
- Propellants
- Kerosene / LOX, LH2 / LOX
- Payload to LEO
- 140,000 kg
Launches per year
Saturn V
Other Saturn rockets
Show as table
| Year | Launches | Saturn V |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 4 | 2 |
| 1969 | 4 | 4 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 2 | 2 |
| 1972 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |