Saturn V Rocket Replica

This is a hand-carved mahogany wood scale replica model of the Saturn V Rocket. The Saturn V was an American man-rated expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. NASA launched 13 Saturn V's from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever brought to operational status from a height, weight, and payload standpoint.  6.5"l. x 6.5" w. x 23.5"h.

Museum Provenance

"The American Presidency" exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and the "Apollo to the Moon Gallery" at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum include news footage of President Kennedy's plans to put an American on the Moon.

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