What makes this so amazing is how weird the orbit is, and the reasons behind it. By now, most of us should know how the Apollo missions went. The Saturn V took off from the cape, went around the ...

As of today, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). NASA is currently relying on the success of Starship to land humans back on the moon ...

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 ...

The rocket needed to be incredibly powerful to break from the Earth's orbit and blast off into space, sending a spacecraft 250,000 miles to reach the Moon. As of 2024, the Saturn V remains the ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took many dramatic images of the rings’ shadows on Saturn.

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

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.

a typically beautiful Saturn V launch. 16 July 1969. Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to begin its epic journey of approximately 385,000 kms to the Moon. The crew was ...

The Saturn V-sized rocket appeared to hesitate at liftoff ... its two BE-3U engines igniting to propel the payload toward orbit. After nearly 10 minutes of sustained burn, the upper stage reached ...