Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission ... Stacking began on 21 February 1969 when the S-IC first stage was lifted from the transfer aisle into High Bay ...

Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket ...

On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to ... with the five F-1 engines of the S-IC first stage powering Saturn aloft. After clearing the tower the rocket began a pitch-and-roll ...

The first manned mission to the moon ... Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin pose in front of their Saturn V rocket on May 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong, front, waves as the crew heads to the van that ...

Seven minutes after launch, the first-stage booster ... Josh Dury took the photo you see above on Feb. 28, when seven planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper stage ... an even more powerful rocket, the Saturn V. The first flight of the ...