The Saturn V's Rocketdyne J-2 engines had to push more than 300,000 pounds of propellant and gear, along with the Lunar and Service Modules plus the Apollo command crew. To achieve this ...

Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket ...

[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 ...

In a Saturn V rocket engine, liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel ... just a few weeks before the Apollo 11 mission. The N-1 took off and promptly crashed down on the launchpad with incredible force.

How Did the Spacecraft Get to the Moon? Astronauts got to the moon by traveling on a giant rocket (Saturn V) that launched ...

It is still considered the most powerful single-engine rocket. NASA used five F-1s for the six 363-foot Saturn V launch vehicles used to send men to the moon during the Apollo missions between ...

The launch continued, with the S-IC burning all five engines until T+ ... that had been built for the Saturn V. Skylab’s first crew was commanded by Gemini and Apollo 12 veteran Pete Conrad ...

The Destination Moon exhibition features iconic objects from the Museum's unrivaled collection of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo artifacts, including Alan Shepard's Mercury spacesuit and spacecraft, a ...

Apollo 10 successfully launched from ... part of the countdown except ignition of the five F-1 engines at the base of the Saturn V rocket and lift off of the vehicle. By fully fueling the Apollo ...

Spectators won’t hear the engines firing for nearly 15 seconds. To them, Saturn V will appear to take off in silence. Apollo 11’s crew enjoy a traditional astronaut breakfast of steak and eggs.