[mvpel]

This is rather ridiculous. Apollo 12 was a Saturn V booster, not a Saturn IV-B, and only Apollos 8-10 and 13 flew by the moon, Apollo 11 was the first landing. You'd think that this would be something that every person capable of writing a coherent English sentence would know, but I guess I'm just reveealing myself as a space wonk.

[freedomcrusader]

Check out this site. The third stage of the Saturn V rocket is also known as S-IVB.

The Saturn V

[FReepaholic]

>>...This is rather ridiculous. Apollo 12 was a Saturn V booster, not a Saturn IV-B...<<

The third stage of the Saturn V was called the "S-IVB" stage.

[Jim Noble]

I believe that the IV-B designation describes the third (orbital escape) stage of a complete Saturn V.

[Revelation 911]

you make the assumption that the person writing the article actually lived during the era - That aside, this is neat stuff - I miss those days. I collected apollo mission photos for years and unfortunately lost the collection some years ago - My music teacher had "ins" at the agency and eventually was a finalist for the Christa McAuliffe Challenger mission

[Paradox]

Um, if you'll recall, it was the third stage that boosted the Apollo's towards the moon. Then it separated from the LEM/Command module. The third stage then goes past the moon, the command module fires its engines to go into lunar orbit. So indeed, the third stage goes go past the moon.

[Denver Ditdat]

only Apollos 8-10 and 13 flew by the moon

Apollo 9 was a test of the lunar module in high earth orbit.