Saturn
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Three variants of the Saturn family which were developed: Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V
The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team led by Wernher von Braun and other former Peenemünde employees to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. The Saturn family used liquid hydrogen as fuel in the upper stages. 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: the medium-lift Saturn I, the heavy-lift Saturn IB, and the super heavy-lift Saturn V.
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