NASA Saturn V Apollo 13
Saturn V
Status
Success
Date
11 APR 1970
19:13
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Apollo 13 was the famous mission that never made it to the moon's surface because of a catastrophic malfunction on board, but the astronauts did return safely to the Earth. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, the Command Module Pilot was Jack Swigert, and the Lunar Module Pilot was Fred Haise. The mission launched on April 11th, 1970 and the Capsule safely landed in the ocean on April 17th, 1970.
Rocket
Saturn V
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Height
110.6 m
Diameter
10.1 m
Launch Mass
2,970 T
Thrust
35,100 kN