EARLY ROCKETEERS FIGURED THAT
A MULTISTAGE LAUNCHER COULD
PROPEL HUMANS TO THE MOON.
THE SATURN V DID THAT—AND
SET THE STAGE FOR THE FUTURE.
LEFT: Using old but still
reliable technology,
Russia launches a Soyuz
rocket in March from its
Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan.
GETTING THERE
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