I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket needed a lot of power to launch into orbit and reach the Moon. Here's what engines the spacecraft used to accomplish its mission.

Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center 50 years ago this morning, the start of an eight-day, ... The 36-story Saturn V rocket with astronauts Neil Armstrong, ...

Today’s anniversary of the liftoff of Apollo 11 back on July 16, 1969, seems like an appropriate occasion to ponder the ...

The Washington Monument just got even more iconic. On Tuesday, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, the 555-foot national symbol lit up with an image of the moon-bound shuttle blasting ...

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin is expected at a gala dinner tonight at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and von Braun’s daughter Margrit was one of the speakers at another big celebration ...

One day short of the 44th anniversary of Apollo 11's lunar landing, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos announced that a rocket engine fished out of the Atlantic Ocean by an expedition he was leading ...

Apollo 11, July 16, 1969. The Apollo 11 rocket is shown pre-launch next to a gantry in the center background of the piece. The launch area is partially obscured by a mound of vegetation. The rounded ...

To achieve a simulation of the future Apollo 11 landing, the ‘Snoopy’ descent engine fired for 27.4 seconds, with 10 percent thrust for the first 15 seconds and 40 percent thrust for the rest.