Click to open image viewer. This is the S-IVB-D, or third stage of the Dynamic Test version of the Saturn V. This stage of the rocket was not meant to fly but was used for ground tests pior to the ...
Click to open image viewer. This is the second, or S-II-F/D, or Facilities Checkout/Dynamic Test Stage, of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This stage of the rocket was not meant to fly but was used for ...
The Saturn V did not cruise to the Moon at a single speed, it accelerated through distinct phases, briefly peaking at a blistering velocity during the burn that hurled Apollo spacecraft out of Earth ...