Saturn V was 363 feet high and 33 feet in diameter and weighs about 40 tons. This rocket launched 13 times with 11 successes. Before Saturn V was launched with man, Saturn V was tested 2 time unmanned. The first manned Saturn V launched was the Apollo 8 in December 1968. And this rocket was also used in the historical mission, the Apollo 11 which sent the first man on the moon. .
Saturn V was made of 3 stages, the S-IC, the S-II, and the S-IVB. The S-IC contained Kerosene tank and liquid oxygen tank, because Saturn V used kerosene fuel in its first stage and liquid hydrogen in the other stages, these fuels needed oxygen in order to burn, S-IC burned for 2 minutes and 41 seconds and going 42 miles in the air with speed of 6,164 miles per hour and burning 4,700,000 lb of propellant. The S-II burned for 6 minutes and lifted above 109 miles above the ground with speed of 15,645 mile per hour. The S-IVB contained Liquid hydrogen tank, unlike other two stages, S-IVB separated with a single step, nearly 12 minutes after takeoff, the craft went into orbit 100 miles up, when all systems were working fine, the astronauts restarted the third stage, which pushed the rocket out of the Earth's gravity and send Apollo mission to the moon. .
To explain how the Saturn V worked, when the Saturn V was launched the First stage (S-IC) separates and fell in the sea as soon as the fuel was used up, then the Second stage (S-II) fires after 2.5 minutes from launch then Escape tower separates, then Second stage separates when the fuel was used up and the third stage fires after 9 minutes after lift-off, then Third stage shuts off, Spacecraft is in orbit 12 minutes after liftoff. After firing the third stage to the moon, astronauts had to shift their craft into correct flight position. This rocket was built by German researcher Wernher von Braun, who went to United States after World War II. They assembled Saturn V rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.