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 ...

By fully fueling the Apollo 11 rocket, NASA’s launch team at ... and Liquid Hydrogen into the three stages of the Saturn V – forcing the propellant against the pull of gravity up nearly ...

Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ... the massive Saturn V was constructed in stages, stacked up vertically for flight.

As part of her personal collection she somehow acquired a Launch Vehicle Digital Computer board for a Saturn V rocket. This particular unit was never used. But it would have been had the Apollo ...

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 ...

With Apollo 11’s successful landing on ... 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 ...

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.

lift-off on Apollo 11… Tower cleared… She's lifting beautifully into the sky, a typically beautiful Saturn V launch. 16 July 1969. Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida ...