APOLLO 8 (SATURN V) ON LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A AT KSC PRIOR TO LAUNCH. 12/20/68.

APOLLO 8 (SATURN V) ON LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A AT KSC PRIOR TO LAUNCH. 12/20/68. Searchlights penetrate the darkness surrounding Apollo 8 on Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center. This mission was the first manned flight using the Saturn V. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. Altogether, the Saturn V engines produced as much power as 85 Hoover Dams