The Saturn V (pronounced "Saturn Five") was a multistage liquid-fuel expendablerocket used by NASA for Apollo and Skylab missions between 1967 and 1972. In total NASA launched twelve Saturn V rockets, plus one derived Saturn INT-21, with no loss of payload. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever brought to operational status, in terms of height, mass and payload capacity. The Soviet Energia, which flew two test missions in the late 1980s before being cancelled, had slightly more takeoff thrust.
She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters, the only person to participate on both.
Ride died following a 17-month-long battle with pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012. Shortly before her death, she came out as a homosexual in a statement through her philanthropic enterprise, Sally Ride Science.
... that astronaut James McDivitt saw a UFO during his first spaceflight?
Angara
…that the South Korean launch system Naro-1, which made its first flight on 25 August 2009, is based on the Russian Angara (pictured)?
…that when investigating the Challenger accident, Richard Feynman threatened to remove his name from the report unless it included his personal observations on the reliability of the shuttle?
…that the first words from the surface of the Moon were "Contact light, okay, engine stop", spoken by Buzz Aldrin?
