Saturn V

The first stage engines burned for 168 seconds and was able to lift Apollo about  off of from the launch pad.  The second stage burned for about 8 minutes, in order to take Apollo through the upper atmosphere.  By this time, it was traveling at .

The third stage was used for 2 minutes and 30 seconds to put Apollo into an Earth orbit. This was at a height of  above the Earth. The third stage was started again and burned for 6 minutes to make the speed go up to  needed to send Apollo off to the Moon.

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 Notes 

References

Other websites

 NASA sites 
 Three Saturn Vs on Display Teach Lessons in Space History 
 Apollo Lunar Surface Journal 
 Declassified 1964 NASA technical memo on Saturn Rockets Note that this is a large PDF file (61 Megabytes)
 Launch complex 39 facility description from 1966 (10 Megabyte PDF file)
 Exploring the Unknown  Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program

 Other websites 
 Apollo Saturn Reference Page
 Project Apollo Archive
 Apollo/Saturn V Development ApolloTV.net Video
 Saturn I-IVB Stage
 xkcd:Up Goer Five

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