Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled ...
For that, they used an even more powerful rocket, the Saturn V. The first flight of the Saturn IB was uncrewed. Among other things, the mission tested the rocket's propulsion, guidance and ...
Neil Armstrong, front, waves as the crew heads to the van that will take them to the rocket for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 16, 1969. The Saturn V rocket ...