The Apollo 11 astronauts used advanced technology to land on the Moon. The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever at that point — although SpaceX’s Starship topped it when it took flight in 2024. The rocket needed to be incredibly powerful to break from the Earth’s orbit and blast off into space, sending a spacecraft 250,000 miles to reach the Moon. As of 2024, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry people outside of
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