ocr: How did Apollo travel to the Moon? The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers. The Saturn V rockets that launched the American Apollo missions on this journey lifted off from Cape Canaveral, in Florida. COMMAND MODULE LUNAR LAUNCH. MODULE - Dedg DESCENT TOWARD MOONI Saturn Vs journey to the. Moon The Saturn V was really three different rockets, known as stages, stacked on top of each other. The first stage was used to lift the whole rocketto a height of 60 kilometers. When all the fuel was used up, the second stage took over, pushing the rocketinto a higher orbit. The rocket ...