And although this particular Rocketdyne F-1 engine never left Earth, it helped make possible the Saturn V launch that would carry astronauts to the moon. The engine, donated by Rocketdyne to the ...

The “V” stood for the five giant F-1 rocket engines—still the most powerful ever built—clustered at the bottom of the Saturn V’s first stage. At one point a four-engine version ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts used advanced technology to land on the Moon. The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever at that point — although SpaceX's Starship topped it when it took flight in ...

The bottom section was the Saturn V’s biggest and heaviest section at 138 feet long. It contained the fuel reservoir and five engines to get the rocket off the ground and up to 40 miles above ...