Before NASA decided to launch Apollo on the Saturn V rocket, the agency considered a larger rocket called Nova. The necessary launch vehicle for the heavier Direct Ascent mission profile, this ...

In 1885, German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter discovered a temple known as the Sanctuary of Apollo at the ancient city of Tamassos in Cyprus. Inside, he found hundreds of statues — but ...

The rocket engine was one of five used to launch a mighty Saturn V rocket on one of NASA's Apollo moon missions in the 1960s and 1970s. Image released on March 20, 2013. Apollo Saturn V Rocket ...

To get astronauts to the Moon, Nasa had to build the most powerful rocket ever flown successfully. The Saturn V was just the rocket for the job. 111: Height of Saturn V rocket in metres On 16 July ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote ...

Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled ...

Nov. 9: The first flight of a Saturn 5 rocket is successful. The Apollo 1 crew – Roger Chaffee, left, Ed White, center, and Gus Grissom – were killed in a launch pad fire that led to a ...

The site, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa, was first discovered in the 19th century before it was subsequently lost, the group said. Apollo, the god of archery and the son of Zeus, ...

The vintage NASA Apollo rocket engines raised from the seafloor by billionaire Jeff Bezos are now ... Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll; ...

German archaeologists have made discoveries at an ancient sanctuary dedicated to Apollo in Cyprus, known as Fragkissa. Recent excavations uncovered over 100 bases of statues, some colossal in size ...

The rocket launch in the background of this image has little to do with NASA or the Apollo 8 mission. This image actually shows Japan's H-2A rocket taking off from the Tanegashima Space Center in ...