Houston: Johnson Space Center - Saturn V Rocket
The Saturn V Rocket is a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1974. The three-stage liquid-fueled super heavy-lift launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program. In total, 13 Saturn V rockets were launched into space--all from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload--starting with the un-crewed Apollo 4 mission in 1967. It launched 27 astronauts with six successful missions landing men on the moon. It also launched Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit in its final mission. At 363 feet tall and 6.2 million pounds when fueled, it remains the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status
The Saturn V rocket in Building 90 in Rocket Park at the Johnson Space Center, is the one of three on display around the world, and the only one compromised of all flight-certified hardware. It consists of three separate segments, called stages. The first stage (S-IC Stage), the largest with five F-1 engines, is from SA-514, which was originally intended for the cancelled Apollo 19 mission. It typically would have been used for only two minutes and 47 seconds, which was enough time to get the rocket 42 miles above Earth before using up its fuel and falling into the ocean. The second stage (S-II Stage) is from SA-515, which was originally intended for the cancelled Apollo 20. It typically would have fired for nine minutes and nine seconds, taking the rocket into space before falling to earth and burning in the atmosphere. The third stage (S-IVB Stage) is from SA-513, which was originally intended for the Apollo 18 mission but wasn't needed as it was replaced by the Skylab workshop. It typically would have fired for about three hours before detaching and propelling the spacecraft--the capsule and service module--and lunar lander towards the moon and floating into space. The Apollo Command/Service Module CSM-115a, originally intended for Apollo 19, caps the pointy end.
NASA had displayed this rocket, on loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection, outside exposed to the elements from 1977 through 2004. As part of the Save America’s Treasures Program, it was restored and housed in a climate controlled building that opened in 2007.
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Manned Spacecraft Center, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. Construction of the center, designed by Charles Luckman, began in 1962 and the 1,620-acre facility officially opened for business in September 1963. The center is home to NASA's astronaut corps, and is responsible for training astronauts from both the U.S. and its international partners. It has become popularly known for its flight control function, identified as "Mission Control" during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo–Soyuz, and Space Shuttle program flights. It is also the site of the former Lunar Receiving Laboratory, where the first astronauts returning from the Moon were quarantined, and where the majority of lunar samples are stored.
Houston: Johnson Space Center - Saturn V Rocket
The Saturn V Rocket is a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1974. The three-stage liquid-fueled super heavy-lift launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program. In total, 13 Saturn V rockets were launched into space--all from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload--starting with the un-crewed Apollo 4 mission in 1967. It launched 27 astronauts with six successful missions landing men on the moon. It also launched Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit in its final mission. At 363 feet tall and 6.2 million pounds when fueled, it remains the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status
The Saturn V rocket in Building 90 in Rocket Park at the Johnson Space Center, is the one of three on display around the world, and the only one compromised of all flight-certified hardware. It consists of three separate segments, called stages. The first stage (S-IC Stage), the largest with five F-1 engines, is from SA-514, which was originally intended for the cancelled Apollo 19 mission. It typically would have been used for only two minutes and 47 seconds, which was enough time to get the rocket 42 miles above Earth before using up its fuel and falling into the ocean. The second stage (S-II Stage) is from SA-515, which was originally intended for the cancelled Apollo 20. It typically would have fired for nine minutes and nine seconds, taking the rocket into space before falling to earth and burning in the atmosphere. The third stage (S-IVB Stage) is from SA-513, which was originally intended for the Apollo 18 mission but wasn't needed as it was replaced by the Skylab workshop. It typically would have fired for about three hours before detaching and propelling the spacecraft--the capsule and service module--and lunar lander towards the moon and floating into space. The Apollo Command/Service Module CSM-115a, originally intended for Apollo 19, caps the pointy end.
NASA had displayed this rocket, on loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection, outside exposed to the elements from 1977 through 2004. As part of the Save America’s Treasures Program, it was restored and housed in a climate controlled building that opened in 2007.
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Manned Spacecraft Center, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. Construction of the center, designed by Charles Luckman, began in 1962 and the 1,620-acre facility officially opened for business in September 1963. The center is home to NASA's astronaut corps, and is responsible for training astronauts from both the U.S. and its international partners. It has become popularly known for its flight control function, identified as "Mission Control" during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo–Soyuz, and Space Shuttle program flights. It is also the site of the former Lunar Receiving Laboratory, where the first astronauts returning from the Moon were quarantined, and where the majority of lunar samples are stored.