On Nov. 9, 1967, NASA launched the first Saturn V moon rocket test flight: Apollo 4. See photos of the launch, and Earth from space, from the amazing Apollo 4 mission here.

The tour culminates at the Apollo/Saturn V Center, where one of three remaining moon rockets is on display. Launch your pad tour ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins shared stories and recalled the tension surrounding the crew on the day the Saturn V rocket blasted off.

In this July 16, 1969 photo made available by NASA, the 363-feet Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 crew, launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Saturn V rockets went 24,000 mph on the way to the moon. But machines called crawlers that ferried them to launch pads moved at less than 1 mph.

Apollo 11′s astronauts are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden helped with the mass launching. Also present: all three children of German-born rocket genius Wernher von Braun, who masterminded the Saturn V.

In Huntsville, Alabama, where the Saturn V was developed, thousands of model rockets were launched simultaneously, commemorating the moment the Apollo 11 crew blasted off for the moon.

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden helped with the mass launching. Also present: all three children of German-born rocket genius Wernher von Braun, who masterminded the Saturn V.