Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, [...] ...

If it wasn’t for the lunar module, we wouldn’t have heard the famous words from Neil Armstrong, on July 20th of 1969. “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong ...

One of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind began on July 16, 1969 – exactly 50 years ago today -- inside Houston's Johnson Space Center. Inside Mission Control on that summer morning, ...

*Indicates objects flown on the Apollo 11 mission. Command Module Columbia* Columbia is the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft to return intact to Earth. It carried the crew, equipment and precious ...

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