WASHINGTON — In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the National Air and Space Museum launched a projection of the 363-foot Saturn V rocket off the Washington Monument. After projecting ...

For four decades, the engines that powered Apollo 11 to the moon have lain at the bottom of the Atlantic. But they'll soon rise again. On July 16, 1969, the world watched as the Apollo 11 spacecraft ...

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NASA's chief hopes that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has "all the luck in the world" recovering one or more of the engines that launched the first manned moon landing mission from where the dot-com ...

In July 1969, just weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union’s massive N-1 Moon rocket detonated on the launch pad in one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history. Kept secret for decades ...

Behind a plate of glass, overshadowed by the conical capsule that brought three American astronauts home from the moon in 1969, a wristwatch rests on a small stand. The command module Columbia, part ...

Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

International Moon Day was celebrated on July 20, observing the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Apollo 11 mission, which launched from Florida, kickstarted a rich history of rocket ...

The 363-feet tall Apollo 11 rocket was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 a.m., July 16, 1969. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, ...