{"nrhp_refnum":"02001731","name":"Saturn V Launch Vehicle","other_names":["Saturn V Rocket"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Johnson Space Center","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.557472810000036,"lon":-95.08909658899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering","Other"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-stage Saturn V launch vehicle with its Apollo spacecraft components, displayed outdoors in four horizontal sections beside the Building 14 visitor parking lot at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The stages and spacecraft parts were manufactured around 1970.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the vehicle is nationally significant for its technological achievement in transportation, engineering and space exploration. It is described as the only intact Saturn V made of all flyable stages intended for Apollo missions. It is one of only three surviving Saturn V rockets in the United States.","narrative":"A Saturn V rocket lies in four horizontal sections along the edge of a visitor parking lot at Johnson Space Center in Houston. It consists of a first stage, second stage, third stage and the Apollo spacecraft group, built around 1970 by Boeing, North American Rockwell and Douglas, with spacecraft parts by North American Aviation. The first and third stages were meant for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission, and the second was a Skylab backup. The Saturn V launched the Apollo missions that took astronauts to the moon, and its last flight lifted the Skylab space station in 1973. This example is described as the only intact Saturn V made of stages intended to fly, and one of three surviving in the United States, the others being in Florida and Alabama. It belongs to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and is on loan to the center. Years outdoors have caused serious deterioration, so restoration and enclosure were planned.","period_of_significance":"1970-1973","architect_builder":"Boeing Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft Company, North American Rockwell Corporation","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Stored outdoors for about 25 years and badly weathered by air pollution and the elements; restoration and an enclosed protective structure were being planned. Displayed as a museum artifact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.177928-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/9724/40972486/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02001731.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001731/8d31e0861a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001731/8d31e0861a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_V_Rocket_--_Johnson_Space_Center.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_V_Rocket_--_Johnson_Space_Center.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972486","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002212"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/saturn-v-launch-vehicle-02001731/"}