<p>The Saturn V was the launch vehicle for all twelve Apollo missions and also the sole Skylab mission.
This is one of only three complete Saturn V rockets to exist and consists of the following components:-
1st stage ‘S-IC-14’ from SA-514, which was planned to fly on Apollo 19 (and dominates this photo).
2nd stage ‘S-II-15’ from SA-515, which was planned to fly on Apollo 20.
and
3rd stage ‘S-IVB-513’ from SA-513, which was planned to fly on Apollo 18 but was replaced by the Skylab orbital workshop and the mission renamed ‘Skylab 1’.
This is therefore the only surviving Saturn V rocket made entirely from components actually intended to fly. It went on display outside in 1979 but in 2005 it was restored and has since been on display in a protective building.
Lyndon B Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States.
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20th March 2017.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/25828062117/">Saturn V Rocket – Johnson Space Center. 20-3-2017</a>