Rationale:For thousands of years, man looked to the sky and dreamed of going into space and walking on the distant moon. In 1969, the Saturn V rocket was part of the Apollo 11 mission and carried Neil Armstrong to become the very first to achieve this dream. Neil Armstrong's famous quote when he set foot on the surface of the Moon was: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." These words simply sparked my interest in space exploration and discovering worlds beyond our Earth. Like billions of people before me, all we could do was dream and imagine the vast world outside our atmosphere while looking up at the sky. However, my curiosity grew and I wanted to know what it would take for us to go beyond the skies and into space. It is stated that to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth, one must travel at a speed of 11.2 km/s, also known as "escape velocity". Therefore, in this exploration, I will explore and research the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation to find out what is involved in traveling through space and to our moon by observing the ideal speed of Saturn V when he took Neil Armstrong for the first time to the moon and whether or not it takes that much speed to escape Earth's gravity.Forces acting on a rocket:To find a solution to our problem we need to understand the basics and fundamentals of rocket science. First we'll see how a rocket actually works. A rocket is pushed by the principle of action and reaction which states that, according to Newton's third law, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." The statement means that there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects in each interaction. ...... middle of paper ...... taking the gravitational loss, the drag loss turns out to be 19,380 m/s. The escape velocity to escape Earth's gravity is 11.2 km/s, while the Saturn V rocket far exceeds this figure with around 19 km/s. By understanding how a rocket works and how the Tsiokovsky rocket equation was derived, I had a deeper understanding of what works and why it works, not only by accepting what is accepted by others, but by delving deeper into the subject. This can be applied to other fields of study to gain better knowledge and make the most of this information-rich world. However, we conclude that achieving such speed is beyond my comprehension, but for humanity to achieve such a feat is truly extraordinary. It just shows the capabilities that we as a species can achieve and as Neil Armstrong said, “It's one small step for man, one big leap for humanity.”.