The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Rockets are a major part of American aviation and a common hobby in the form of model rockets, but where did the modern ...

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

For those who watched the Apollo 11 astronauts park their lunar lander ... It would remain on the moon after the upper section, also rocket-propelled, carried the astronauts back to the command ...

Image caption, Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 ...

The rocket in question was driven by a powerful ... just a few weeks before the Apollo 11 mission. The N-1 took off and promptly crashed down on the launchpad with incredible force.

About two weeks before the Apollo 11 mission was launched to the moon ... On July 3, the secret moon rocket known as the N-1 had exploded in a fireball at the remote launch site at Baikonur ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in ... Twelve minutes after take-off the rocket entered orbit around the Earth. Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster ...