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Saturn V

Speech parts

1. Saturn V - Noun

2. Saturn V - Proper noun

Meaning

Saturn V

(astronomy) Rhea (moon of Saturn)

(astronautics) A US moonshot rocket from the 1960s and 70s

(astronautics) Centaur upper-stage rocket

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A Saturn V launched Apollo 11 from Launch Pad 39A, part of the Launch Complex 39 site at the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 at 13:32:00 UTC (9:32:00 a.m. EDT local time). Source: Internet

Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. Source: Internet

From 1970–1972, the Apollo program concluded at KSC with the launches of missions 13 through 17. Skylab On May 14, 1973, the last Saturn V launch put the Skylab space station in orbit from Pad 39A. Source: Internet

For a mass equal to a Saturn V rocket, the escape velocity relative to the launch pad is 253.5 am /s (8 nanometers per year) faster than the escape velocity relative to the mutual center of mass. Source: Internet

A nuclear engine was considered for some time as a replacement for the J-2 used on the S-II and S-IVB stages on the Saturn V and Saturn I rockets. Source: Internet

Comparison of distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars With pressure from Congress to hold down Apollo costs, Saturn V production was reduced, allowing only a single booster per mission. Source: Internet

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