NASA needed a way to transport massive Saturn V rocket stages across the U.S., and one bold proposal was the Howard DH-100 DBA—also known as the "Damn Big Airplane." Featuring ten engines, a cockpit ...

With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John ...

Disney's Marvel Studios launched its first look at "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" by broadcasting from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama.

"There are times when I've seen it and I'm thinking, 'Why is the hair standing up on the back of my neck right now?'" — Tom ...

I came across an interactive NASA tool called Solar System Simulator. On it, you can view objects in our solar system from ...

President Ronald Reagan immediately appointed a commission to investigate and report on the circumstances that led up to the ...

who served as NASA administrator from December 2001 to February 2005. "This is the closest rival to a Saturn V seen in 50 years. It's an incredible piece of machinery. So it'll be interesting to ...

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 ...

Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor powerhouse. Garvin constructed the Y12 from a single block of 7075 aluminum, a ...

Many people have purchased a backyard telescope to look at Saturn and its spectacular ring pattern. According to NASA, you should be able to see Saturn's bright moon Titan and its rings through ...

For the last 13 years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied on Saturn and its many moons. Turns out, this region of space could hold the greatest secrets of our solar system. Here are 5 of the most ...

"Excitement is in the air and, as you can see, so is the Saturn V rocket that took America to the moon — developed right here in the Rocket City in the 1960s." As the trailer shows, "The ...