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[[Image:Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Apollo 17]] on the launchpad.]]

[[Image:Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Apollo 17]] on the launchpad.]]

The '''Saturn V''' (Saturn five) was a three stage [[rocket]] developed by the [[United States]] primarily for sending [[astronaut]]s to the [[Moon]].<ref name=nasa-what>[https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-the-saturn-v-58.html What Was the Saturn V?] from nasa.gov</ref> Used in the 1960s and 1970s, it is the most powerful rocket launched successfully and the only one that has taken humans beyond earth orbit. This power enabled it to launch the [[Skylab]] [[space station]] into space in 1973.<ref name=britannica>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saturn-launch-vehicle Saturn launch vehicle] from britannica.com</ref> The project was extremely costly, $6.417 billion USD being spent between 1964 and 1973 on research, development, construction and flights, meaning each launch is thought to cost somewhere in the region of $185 million to $189 million.<ref name=universe>[https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heavy/ FALCON HEAVY VS. SATURN V] from universetoday.com</ref> This is equivalent to $41.4 billion USD when adjusted for 2016 dollars or $1.23 billion per launch.<ref name=universe/> A total of 13 missions were flown with no loss of crew or cargo.

The '''Saturn V''' (Saturn five) was a three-stage [[rocket]] developed by the [[United States]] primarily for sending [[astronaut]]s to the [[Moon]].<ref name=nasa-what>[https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-the-saturn-v-58.html What Was the Saturn V?] from nasa.gov</ref> Used in the 1960s and 1970s, it is the most powerful rocket launched successfully and the only one that has taken humans beyond earth orbit. This power enabled it to launch the [[Skylab]] [[space station]] into space in 1973.<ref name=britannica>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saturn-launch-vehicle Saturn launch vehicle] from britannica.com</ref> The project was extremely costly, $6.417 billion USD being spent between 1964 and 1973 on research, development, construction and flights, meaning each launch is thought to cost somewhere in the region of $185 million to $189 million.<ref name=universe>[https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heavy/ FALCON HEAVY VS. SATURN V] from universetoday.com</ref> This is equivalent to $41.4 billion USD when adjusted for 2016 dollars or $1.23 billion per launch.<ref name=universe/> A total of 13 missions were flown with no loss of crew or cargo.

==History==

==History==

At the very top of the rocket, above the conical command module, was the launch escape system or escape tower which contained a solid fuel rocket.<ref>[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/quick-history-launch-escape-systems A Quick History of Launch Escape Systems] from airandspace.si.edu</ref> If there was an emergency during the launch, the escape system would fired and pull the command module with the astronauts a safe distance away from the rocket, where they could descend using [[parachute]]s. If no problems were encountered during the launch, the escape tower would be jettisoned once the astronauts were in space.

At the very top of the rocket, above the conical command module, was the launch escape system or escape tower which contained a solid fuel rocket.<ref>[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/quick-history-launch-escape-systems A Quick History of Launch Escape Systems] from airandspace.si.edu</ref> If there was an emergency during the launch, the escape system would fired and pull the command module with the astronauts a safe distance away from the rocket, where they could descend using [[parachute]]s. If no problems were encountered during the launch, the escape tower would be jettisoned once the astronauts were in space.

==External Links==

==External links==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSLRMdYSA9M Video of Launch of Apollo 11]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSLRMdYSA9M Video of Launch of Apollo 11]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNnZ82Kg3w Video of Third Stage Separation]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNnZ82Kg3w Video of Third Stage Separation]