The saturn V rocket which carried americans to the moon during the Apollo missions.The first stage contained five F-1 engines which were a big a two story building.It was 365 feet tall.Today there are only three left.The second most powerful rocket the Saturn 1-B rocket had 5 mercury redstone rockets(the rockets that carried the first american into space) for it's first stage.Today there are around 10 left I'm not sure.All of these rockets were created by Werthear Von Braun,who also created the V2 rockest that the Germans used.Only 27 people have ridden on the Saturn V,and only 12 incredibly lucky souls have layed foot on the surface of the moon.
2007-02-05 02:10:13
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answered by hkyboy96 5
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The most powerful Booster ever produced was the Saturn V used to send man to the moon. The most powerful Booster ENGINE is the solid rocket booster used on the space shuttle.
2007-02-05 01:14:20
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answered by DanielofD 2
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The most powerful rocket booster that was built was the Soviet Union's N-1.
Its first stage had 30 engines, and together they produced a total thrust of 11.3 million lbs (5.13 million kg).
It stood 345 feet (105m) high, and was roughly a tall cone in shape, widening to a maximum of 56 feet (17m) in diameter.
The N-1 was intended to send a Russian cosmonaut to the Moon, but each of its 4 test flights (out of the 12 that were planned) all failed, the longest taking 107 seconds before the rocket was destroyed. The Soviets gave up development of the N-1 and abandonded their plans for a manned moon landing.
By contrast, America's Saturn V was 363 feet (110m) tall, and 33 feet (10m) in diameter. Its first stage had 5 F-1 engines, which together produced 7.6 million lbs (3.5 million kg) of thrust.
Although it had some minor problems they were all overcome. On one mission, the centre engine shut down early, but the others burned for longer to make up for the lower thrust. As a result, every one of the 13 flights of the Saturn V (2 unmanned, 10 manned Apollo flights, plus the launch of the Skylab space station) were successful.
The Energia booster was used for the only launch of the Soviet shuttle "Buran" on its unmanned test flight. Theoretically, in its top configuration with 8 strap-on boosters and an improved upper stage, Energia could have lifted 150 tons to Earth orbit, compared with 120 tons for the Saturn V. However it never flew in this configuration, only with 4 boosters, which gave it a capacity of only 80 tons to orbit.
2007-02-05 02:45:39
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answered by Questor 4
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The United States Saturn 5 rocket. It had over 5 million pounds of thrust and was capable of launching the Apollo moon missions.
2007-02-05 01:04:39
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answered by gary t 4
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The largest ever built was the Soviet N-1, which was to have been the launch vehicle for them to land a man on the Moon, but it never flew successfully. The largest successfully flown rocket is the U.S. Saturn V.
2007-02-05 01:20:31
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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I don't think it was the Saturn B-V. The Russians had stronger rockets during the space race, they just did not have the understanding on how to collaborate different items to form a group like NASA. I don't know the name of it, but look up the Russian rockets during the same time.
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2007-02-05 01:19:31
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answered by Bacchus 5
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Russia has started this space exploration first before US so, I think that the Russia's mission (name I don't have an idea) must be power ful rocket booster
2007-02-05 01:49:15
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answered by prathigudupu P 1
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Wouldn't that be the Satirn V that sent thoes guys to the moon.
2007-02-05 01:09:08
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answered by T b 1
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I think it's the US Saturn V by the US but these people know a lot more than me...
http://www.aero.org
2007-02-05 01:02:15
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answered by mikeleibo 2
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