As for the launch vehicle pictured above, the Saturn IB was the final in a series that began with the Saturn V check-out vehicle, followed by 12 flight Saturn V rockets for the Apollo Moon program and ...

Humans had to aim high to reach the moon, but the Saturn V rocket was like nothing anyone has seen before or since.

The ninth Saturn ... vehicle, but it was going to take the launch pad and most everything halfway back to the firing room in the explosion. Luckily, that never happened. The Saturn V weighed ...