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Saturn (rocket family)
The
Saturn
family of American
rocket
boosters
was developed by a team of mostly
German rocket scientists
led by
Wernher von Braun
to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. Originally proposed as a
military satellite
launcher, they were adopted as the
launch vehicles
for the
Apollo moon program
. Three versions were built and flown:
Saturn I
,
Saturn IB
, and
Saturn V
.
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