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The success of the Saturn V rocket was largely due to its design under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph, German rocket scientists, who previous created the V-2 rocket.

The Saturn V and Mercury-Redstone rocket programs were competing to make the trip to the Moon and the Saturn V rocket ultimately won.

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