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The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

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 ...

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

On March 24, 1975, the last in a long line of super successful Saturn rockets rolled out from the vehicle assembly building ...

A Saturn V rocket left over from the cancellation of the last three planned lunar Apollo missions would be used to place it into orbit. Alongside the lunar program, NASA had planned the Apollo ...

[Fran] has been researching the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer – the computer that flew all the Apollo flights into orbit and onwards towards the moon – for a while now. Even though ...

The Saturn V rocket launches from Pad A ... Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad.

Image caption, Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 ...

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 ...