Saturn V rockets were used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. It is a 'human rated expendable rocket', which means that it is safe to use for human spaceflight. The rocket design was developed for the Apollo missions that landed humans to the Moon. A Saturn V rocket was also used to launch Skylab.
Astronaut Bruce McCandless floating freely
in his space suit
Credit: NASA
How many astronauts can you name? Maybe 1 or 2? Well done if you can name more than 5! But did you know more than 500 people from more than 30 countries have been to space?!
What will the future of space exploration hold? At the moment there are more than 70 government space agencies. These include the American agency, NASA and the European agency, ESA. There are also a number of commercial companies, like SpaceX. All of these groups have plans for the next giant leaps forward in space exploration.
