Some pieces were recovered, while other parts of Apollo 11's third stage orbited the Sun for decades before returning to Earth's gravitational pull. All told, the Saturn V rocket boasted 11 J-2 ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Spectators in the Bahamas spotted debris from Starship upper stage falling back to Earth in a fiery light ...

was converted from an S-IVB stage that had been intended for a Saturn IB rocket. A Saturn V rocket left over from the cancellation of the last three planned lunar Apollo missions would be used to ...

One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

The pad was originally used during NASA's Apollo era in the 1960s but ... company will also attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket back on land at Cape Canaveral, a feat they ...

SpaceX's Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk's rocket program after a failure under ...

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy ... Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster was fired to take the rocket out of Earth orbit and onwards to the Moon.

A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 and her crew into space ... It works in three stages, each detaching after its job is done. The rocket generates 34.5 million newtons of thrust at ...

The Artemis programme, named after Apollo's twin in Greek myth ... Credit: NASA/Kuner In 2022 the first stage, Artemis I, saw the test of a new rocket and uncrewed lunar module called Orion ...