A command module would bring the astronauts to the moon (lunar module attached) and back home. And the Saturn V rocket would provide enough power to propel both lander and command module into ...

The Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM ... A month earlier, it had won the bid to build the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, and no one thought it could possibly win a second major piece ...

The Saturn V weighed six million pounds and stood 363 ... a sophisticated trajectory that would permit the [Apollo] command module to reenter the atmosphere under conditions simulating a return ...

In total, the Saturn V has three rocket stages and a single spacecraft, which contains a lunar and command module for the astronauts. Here, you're seeing the largest part of the rocket ...

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were strapped into their Apollo spacecraft on top of the vast Saturn V ... landing in the Command Module, which measured ...

The Saturn V moon rocket, the largest ... a solid-propellant rocket motor designed to pull the three-man Apollo Command Module to which it was attached to safety in the event the Saturn IB ...

Once this rocket stage was done, it too dropped away, leaving only the Lunar Command Module to complete the final mission. While the physical scale of the Saturn V was imposing, its onboard ...

It features various artifacts, footage, and diagrams from the trek 49 years ago, but the most stunning highlight is the Columbia command module, the only piece of the journey to come back to Earth. • ...

Above the engines were the compartment for the lunar lander, and then the service and command module for the three-man crew. The Saturn V was topped with an escape rocket, designed to blast the ...