On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted ...
The Apollo/Saturn V Center Credit: Image via Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex After a yearlong closure related to COVID-19, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex plans to reopen the Apollo/Saturn V ...
Walter Cronkite held a tiny model of the Apollo 8 spacecraft and strode across a darkened studio where two dangling spheres represented Earth and the moon. This was the CBS Evening News, Dec. 20, 1968 ...
The Saturn V rocket was part of the technology that made the Apollo mission successful and played a pivotal role in launching Apollo 11 to the Moon in 1969, marking a turning point in human history.
On Aug. 1, 1968, NASA cancelled the production of its Saturn V rocket. The giant rocket was the only launch vehicle to have ever carried astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit, and it was the largest, most ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Over 50 years ago, as human beings first set eyes upon another world, they paused to celebrate Christmas Eve and reflect on what the holiday meant for the conflicted planet they ...
As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans to the Moon ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Astronaut Frank ...
For fans of authentic models of real-life objects, you don't get much better than Lego NASA Apollo Saturn V. A 1:110 scale model of the real thing, this rocket is a meter in length, making it an ...