Astronomy Picture of the Day . Saturn V: NASA's Largest Rocket . ... 29.08.1995 . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , Kennedy Space Center , Explanation: Pictured, a NASA Saturn V rocket blasts off on July 16th, 1969 carrying the crew of Apollo 11 to the Moon . The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever used by NASA, and the only one able to lift the large masses needed to land astronauts on the moon and returning them safely. ... August 1995 . ... Publications with keywords: rocket - Saturn V . ...