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The Saturn V was the most powerful rocket ever built; its purpose was to send humans to the moon.

After six successful lunar landings (and one near-disaster, Apollo XIII), it was deemed that further moon missions were not cost-effective in terms of gathering scientific knowledge or bragging rights. Further Apollo missions were canceled after Apollo XVII, even though there still were three extra Saturn V rockets that would have allowed three extra manned moon landings.

One of the rockets was used to launch the Skylab, America's only space station, into space. A smaller Saturn launched one final Apollo into space for the Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous. That still left two fully intact Saturn V rockets. This is one of them, and the other one is at Johnson Space Center near Houston, Texas. All subsequent US manned space flights took place with the Space Shuttle.
Date Taken on 17 February 2008, 12:35
Source Saturn V, Kennedy Space Center
Author InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA
Camera location28° 31′ 37.35″ N, 80° 38′ 10.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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