To overcome the Earth’s orbital gravity, NASA required a rocket 100 times more powerful than the Mercury boosters that launched the first American astronaut into orbit in 1961. The three-stage Saturn ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on July 16, 1969, as Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 ...
The scene lasts barely a minute, yet it captures something oddly truthful about the Apollo era. Not the engineering itself – ...
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, headed to the Moon without a traditional life insurance policy. The three astronauts were preparing for a mission that ...
Apollo 11 looked flawless from Earth, but the mission nearly failed before it even left the launch pad. A hydrogen valve leaked on the Saturn V, engineers froze it shut with water, and the crew later ...
Statements from President Obama, Mitt Romney and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the death of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong. Forty years ago next month, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...