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What fuel did the Saturn V use?
liquid hydrogen fuel
It was the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched. With a cluster of five powerful engines in each of the first two stages and using high-performance liquid hydrogen fuel for the upper stages, the Saturn V was one of the great feats of 20th-century engineering.
How are rockets steered?
Within the atmosphere, aerodynamic fins can help steer the rocket, like an airplane. So rockets also use gimbaling engines—engines that can swing on robotic pivots—to steer. Sort of like balancing a broom in your hand. Another name for this is vectored thrust.
What was the acceleration of the Saturn V right at launch?
The rocket reached Mach 1 – 1235km/h – in 60 seconds. By this time the astronauts were feeling a little under 2g (the average over those first 60 seconds was 1.6g). As the immense tanks on the Saturn Ic emptied, the acceleration increased rapidly.
How fast did the Saturn V burn fuel?
The first stage of the Saturn V rocket, using five F-1 rocket engines, produced 7.5 million lbs. (3.4 million kilograms) of thrust and was used during launch for about 2 minutes. It gobbled up 20 tons (40,000 pounds) of fuel per second.
How much weight can a Saturn V rocket launch?
The Saturn V could launch about 43,500 kilograms (50 tons) to the moon. That’s about the same as four school buses. The Saturn V was developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It was one of three types of Saturn rockets NASA built.
What happened to the first stage of the Saturn V rocket?
Explosive bolts fire, and the severed first stage falls into the Atlantic Ocean. [ Saturn V Rocket Engines Explained (Infographic)] The second stage carries 260,000 gallons (984,000 liters) of liquid hydrogen fuel and 80,000 gallons (303,000 liters) of liquid oxygen.
What is the difference between Soviet N1 L3 and Saturn V?
Soviet N1-L3. The Saturn V was taller, heavier, and had greater payload capacity, both to low Earth orbit and to translunar injection. The N-1 was a three-stage launch vehicle with more liftoff thrust and a larger first stage diameter than the Saturn V. It was to carry the 209,000 lb (95,000 kg) L3 vehicle into orbit.
How did the Saturn V rocket impact the Apollo 13 mission?
Rocket Park. Saturn V rockets also made it possible for astronauts to land on the moon on Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. On Apollo 13, the Saturn V lifted the crew into space, but a problem prevented them from being able to land on the moon. That problem was not with the Saturn V, but with the Apollo spacecraft.