The
Saturn V (spoken as "Saturn five") was an American
human-rated expendable rocket used by
NASA between 1966 and 1973. The
three-stage liquid-fueled launch vehicle was developed to support the
Apollo program for human exploration of the
Moon, and was later used to launch
Skylab, the first American space station. The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida with no loss of crew or payload. The Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and still holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to
low Earth orbit (LEO) of .