Remembering Saturn V, the Rocket That Took Us to the Moon

First stage gets a lift

Also taken at Stennis in 1967, this image shows the Saturn V first stage being hoisted onto the B-2 test stand. The first stage ran on 203,400 gallons of kerosene and liquid oxygen, the latter enabling combustion.

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in orbit over Earth with hatch opened

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Polar projection of Saturn’s southern hemisphere at a red wavelengths at 763 nm obtained on 29 August 2025 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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A solar panel extends from the side of Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft in orbit in this image captured by one of LINK’s cameras July 9, 2026. An identical panel stretches from the spacecraft’s other side, and the entire array spans about 20 feet (6 meters). LINK will use the array to power systems as it attempts to boost the altitude of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory this summer.

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