Moon rocket
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Moon rocket may refer to:
Current/Past Manned moon rockets / man-rated moon rockets
  • Saturn V
    Saturn V
    The Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. A multistage liquid-fueled launch vehicle, NASA launched 13 Saturn Vs from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with no loss of crew or payload...

     - the Apollo program launcher for the manned moon landings
  • N1 rocket
    N1 rocket
    N-1 was a heavy lift rocket intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the NASA Saturn V rocket. This heavy lift booster had the capability of lifting very heavy loads into orbit, designed with manned extra-orbital travel in mind...

     - Sergei Korolev's failed launcher for the Soviet manned moon program


Future/Planned Manned moon rockets / man-rated moon rockets
  • Space Launch System
    Space Launch System
    The Space Launch System, or SLS, is a Space Shuttle-derived heavy launch vehicle being designed by NASA, following the cancellation of the Constellation Program, to replace the retired Space Shuttle. The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 envisions the transformation of the Ares I and Ares V vehicle...

  • Chinese Moon rocket - able to launch a 50 tons payload in LTO
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