Disney's Marvel Studios launched its highly anticipated first look at "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" on Tuesday (Feb. 4), ...

Why It Matters: The Saturn V was used in the Apollo programs in the 1960s and 1970s, weighed 6.2 million pounds, and generated 34.5 million newtons (7.6 million pounds) of thrust at launch.

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

The mission involved two separate Saturn V launches: one typical Apollo launch with three astronauts and one uncrewed launch carrying the base. Two astronauts would descend to the Moon’s surface ...

While it might not be as exciting as the Saturn V rocket itself, the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was one of the most important developments of the entire Apollo program. While comically ...

As Marc explains, Apollo actually had four main computers. There was the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) which was charged with steering the Saturn V from launch, along with the Flight ...

The Mercury-Redstone missions used LC-5, Mercury-Atlas LC-14, and Gemini-Titan LC-19. The last astronauts to lift off from the Air Force side were the Apollo 7 crew on a Saturn IB from LC-34 in ...

Apollo 14, the third U.S. mission to land on the moon, blasted off using a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.

For the Apollo program, NASA commissioned 15 flight-ready lunar modules. Saturn V rockets launched 10 of the moon ships into deep space, and six of those transported astronauts to and from the ...

Image caption, Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 ...