Saturn V was capable of launching about 130 tons to Earth orbit and 50 tons to the Moon. The image here, taken on September 8, 1969, shows the Apollo 12 launch vehicle departing the VAB’s High Bay 3.
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Thankfully, the passenger was wearing his seatbelt.
It's been two years since Starliner left a crew stranded in space, but NASA is not giving up on the spacecraft just yet.
The SMILE mission will spend three years studying how our planet's magnetosphere interacts with solar weather.
The tool isn't a one-step solution to the complex task of mission planning, but it will be a useful in evaluating the best trajectory for each mission, the researchers say.
The tiny chip could allow spacecraft to make decisions on their own without human input.
