Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

One of them was Armalcolite, which was named after the three astronauts of Apollo 11. It wasn’t until May ... remains the biggest and most powerful rocket ever launched with the record for ...

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including an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for most model rockets launched at the same time from a single location at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.