Today's lesson is the out-of-this-world history of the Saturn V Rocket. The Saturn V was called a "heavy Lift Vehicle" and ...

Since the last manned lunar mission, Apollo 17 in 1972, mankind has taken one giant leap backward. Neither the United States nor any other country currently has the means to send a manned mission to ...

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...

Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 °F), giving it almost twice the ...

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich. The first U.S ...

Jim Lovell, who was among the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, has died, NASA announced. He was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13," which dramatized the nearly ...

Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told Houston that he had a problem in the film “Apollo 13,” Vacaville residents ...

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to open "The Gantry at LC-39," a new bus tour stop offering closer views of the launch pad. The Gantry features a simulated rocket engine experience and ...

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.

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is the best candidate to oversee the construction of a replacement rocket at the Alabama welcome center on Interstate 65 in Ardmore, according to a state lawmaker.