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The Saturn V is a NASA super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed by Wernher von Braun for lunar exploration and the American counterpart to the Soviet N1 rocket.

History[]

In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10, mission commander Ed Baldwin, LEM pilot Gordo Stevens, and CSM pilot Fred Talmadge, launched with a Saturn V for what was called a "dress rehearsal" for the upcoming crewed lunar landing mission.[1]
On July 16, a Saturn V launched the crew of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy on the first Moon landing attempt of the United States.[1]

Subsequently, dozens of Saturn V rockets were launched to the Moon as part of the ongoing Apollo program. In October 1971, the Apollo 15 crew, including the first American female astronaut, Molly Cobb, launched with a Saturn V[2] and discovered water ice inside the Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole.[3] In October 1973, a modified Saturn V was used to send the first module of the lunar base Jamestown to the lunar south pole, near the Apollo 15 landing site.[3] Soon after, the first crew to occupy it was sent with Apollo 21, commanded by Molly Cobb.[4]

On August 24, 1974, a Saturn V exploded on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy[5] during the final countdown for Apollo 23. Twelve ground crew were killed, including new director of the Johnson Space Center and former Apollo flight director Gene Kranz. The crew of Apollo 23, commanded by Michael Collins, were severely injured when their spacecraft parachuted onto the beach instead of the ocean following the pad abort. The explosion was caused by a second stage LH2 valve that was not manufactured to the correct standards by a new contractor.[6]

In the early 1980s, the Saturn V was replaced by the Space Shuttles for crew transport, and by the Sea Dragon for cargo.[7]

Notes[]

It is not known how many Saturn V were ever produced and launched in For All Mankind, but the mission number of of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 75, indicate there were a lot. The last known mission using the Saturn V in the show was Apollo 24 in December 1974.[8]

Gallery[]

Behind the scenes[]

In the TV show, many if not most Saturn V launch from Cape KennedyW. In reality, no Saturn V has ever launched from the Cape. Its capacity did not suit the size of the big rocket and was the reason the Kennedy Space CenterW was built back in 1962.

Real life images

See also[]

External links[]

  Saturn V on Wikipedia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 1, "Red Moon"
  2. For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 4, "Prime Crew"
  3. 3.0 3.1 For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 5, "Into the Abyss"
  4. Apollo 21 mission patch
  5. For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 6, "Home Again" (01:03)
  6. For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 6, "Home Again"
  7. For All Mankind TV series, season 2
  8. For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 9, "Bent Bird"