Launch vehicleRetired
Saturn V
Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Saturn V was NASA's Apollo Moon rocket. It launched Apollo 4, Apollo 6, Apollo 8 through Apollo 17, and Skylab, making it central to the crewed lunar-landing archive.
Launch vehicle dossier
Flight profile
- Mission duration
- ; mission durations varied by payload
Vehicle record
- Manufacturer
- NASA contractors including Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas, IBM, and Rocketdyne
- Flights
- 13 launches
- First flight
- Apollo 4, November 9, 1967
- Final flight
- Skylab launch, May 14, 1973
- Status
- Retired
People Launched by This Vehicle
Frank BormanApollo 8 / Commander / December 21-27, 1968
James Arthur Lovell Jr.Apollo 8 / Command Module Pilot / December 21-27, 1968; Apollo 13 / Commander / April 11-17, 1970
William A. AndersApollo 8 / Lunar Module Pilot / December 21-27, 1968
David R. ScottApollo 9 / Command Module Pilot / March 3-13, 1969; Apollo 15 / Commander / July 26-August 7, 1971
James A. McDivittApollo 9 / Commander / March 3-13, 1969
Russell Louis SchweickartApollo 9 / Lunar Module Pilot / March 3-13, 1969
Eugene A. CernanApollo 10 / Lunar Module Pilot / May 18-26, 1969; Apollo 17 / Commander / December 7-19, 1972
John W. YoungApollo 10 / Command Module Pilot / May 18-26, 1969; Apollo 16 / Commander / April 16-27, 1972
Thomas P. StaffordApollo 10 / Commander / May 18-26, 1969
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.Apollo 11 / Lunar Module Pilot / July 16-24, 1969
Michael CollinsApollo 11 / Command Module Pilot / July 16-24, 1969
Neil A. ArmstrongApollo 11 / Commander / July 16-24, 1969
Alan L. BeanApollo 12 / Lunar Module Pilot / November 14-24, 1969
Charles Conrad Jr.Apollo 12 / Commander / November 14-24, 1969
Richard F. Gordon Jr.Apollo 12 / Command Module Pilot / November 14-24, 1969
Fred Wallace Haise Jr.Apollo 13 / Lunar Module Pilot / April 11-17, 1970
John Leonard Swigert Jr.Apollo 13 / Command Module Pilot / April 11-17, 1970
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.Apollo 14 / Commander / January 31-February 9, 1971
Edgar D. MitchellApollo 14 / Lunar Module Pilot / January 31-February 9, 1971
Stuart A. RoosaApollo 14 / Command Module Pilot / January 31-February 9, 1971
Alfred M. WordenApollo 15 / Command Module Pilot / July 26-August 7, 1971
James B. IrwinApollo 15 / Lunar Module Pilot / July 26-August 7, 1971
Charles M. Duke Jr.Apollo 16 / Lunar Module Pilot / April 16-27, 1972
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly IIApollo 16 / Command Module Pilot / April 16-27, 1972
Harrison Hagan SchmittApollo 17 / Lunar Module Pilot / December 7-19, 1972
Ronald E. Evans Jr.Apollo 17 / Command Module Pilot / December 7-19, 1972Photo Archive
Documented views of this individual vehicle, with source and credit retained alongside each image.