National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Saturn V
Retired
Saturn V
Falcon 9
13
Total launches
92.3%
Success rate
—
Launches in 2026
11
Consecutive successes
About Saturn V
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
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