The ninth Saturn V lifts off in January 1971 to start the Apollo 14 mission. The first people to ride the mighty booster were the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968. Recalled Bill Anders ...

Humans had to aim high to reach the moon, but the Saturn V rocket was like nothing anyone has seen before or since.

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