NASA's Space Shuttle successfully reached orbit during its first attempt in April 1981. The Saturn V rocket that launched the ...

Based on NASA’s optimism about its future in the mid-sixties, it was overbuilt, with four vertical bays, each one of which could contain a Saturn V. There were to be three launch pads ...

Skylab’s launch would mark the thirteenth and final flight of the legendary Saturn V rocket, which had powered previous Apollo missions on their journeys to the Moon. For the Skylab mission ...

During liftoff, it generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust, surpassing the power of 85 Hoover Dams. The first Saturn V launch for the Apollo 4 mission happened in 1967, with the final launch in ...

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 will take them to the rocket for launch at the ...