1 Countdown reaches zero

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15 t of kerosene and liquid oxygen are ignited, and Saturn V lifts off from the ground. The acceleration subjects the astronauts to four times gravity (4 g).

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The unmanned, 111-m-high SLS rocket releases the immense power of its four nuclear engines (the same type as the space shuttles') and the two side rockets.