Saturn V | Apollo 17

Mission Status

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission Details

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt & Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. The mission lasted for 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds during which time Cernan & Schmitt spent 3 days on lunar surface completing three moonwalks to collect lunar samples and install scientific instruments on the surface. Apollo 17 was the last time human beings have gone beyond Low Earth Orbit.

Tipo Missione Human Exploration
Orbita Lunar Orbit
Launch Window 05:33 - 05:33

Rocket Configuration

Name Saturn V
Manufacturer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Height 110.6 m
Diameter 10.1 m
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Success Rate 12/13 (92%)

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.