All told, the Saturn V rocket boasted 11 J-2 engines, all of which held specific functions in achieving initial flight, orbital insertion, and travel to the Moon — where Neil Armstrong could ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed the world − and the moon − when Neil Armstrong made that "one small step." The journey to ...

In 1969, John Tribe was part of the team responsible for getting Armstrong and his crew to the moon. The only rocket with the power to do it was the Saturn V. The Saturn Rocket, it’s huge.

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission ... flow will also give the Apollo 11 crew – Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins – a ...

Neil Armstrong and his crew mates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, blasted off on their mission to land on the Moon. Their Saturn V rocket was the most powerful machine ever built. It was 110 ...

On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight ...