As part of her personal collection she somehow acquired a Launch Vehicle Digital Computer board for a Saturn V rocket. This particular unit was never used. But it would have been had the Apollo ...

On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight ...

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said “building a new world on Mars is now possible” after Starship, the world's largest and most ...

The Moon landing challenge immediately confronted NASA, however, with the need for a much bigger rocket. Early plans imagined a booster even larger than the Apollo Saturn V turned out to be.

This is twice the power of NASA's Saturn V rocket, which was used to send astronauts to the Moon more than 50 years ago. After a vertical ascent from its coastal launch pad, the Starship rocket ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft set a new speed record during its latest test flight on Nov. 5, marking a major milestone toward flying at supersonic speeds. SpaceX's Dragon performed an orbital ...

During the final months of working on the Saturn V rocket, von Braun began working on a new project: a permanent exhibit showcasing the space program. This became the U.S. Space & Rocket Center ...

Early Sunday morning, SpaceX will try something no one has ever done before. If all goes according to plan, around seven minutes after lifting off from South Texas, the huge stainless steel booster ...

Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still humankind's single greatest technological achievement. On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but it will reach its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024.

Saturn V Was Loud but Didn't Melt Concrete Aug. 23, 2022 — Abundant internet claims about the acoustic power of the Saturn V suggest that it melted concrete and lit grass on fire over a mile ...

Kennedy Space Center press site (Credit: Rob Pegoraro) The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers the bonus of inspecting a leftover Saturn V rocket, suspended from the ceiling of this hangar ...