along with the Lunar and Service Modules plus the Apollo command crew. To achieve this, the Saturn V was outfitted with several engines, each providing thrust for one of the rocket's three stages.

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy ... Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster was fired to take the rocket out of Earth orbit and onwards to the Moon.

The seven BE-4 engines roared — sending awed spectators into screams and cheers — as Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ascended ...