The Saturn V's Rocketdyne J-2 engines had to push more than 300,000 pounds of propellant and gear, along with the Lunar and Service Modules plus the Apollo command crew. To achieve this ...

After traveling 42 miles skyward (for a Saturn V in flight), the first stage broke off and fell into the Atlantic Ocean. At that point, the second stage, shown here, fired its 5 J-2 engines to get ...