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.

16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew. While the command module was designed to get the astronauts from the ...

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. In the ...

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Before that “giant leap for mankind” 40 years ago today, a hundred-thousand small steps guided American astronauts toward the moon. Many of those steps originated in the Southland. KPCC’s Washington ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for a ...

July 20 marked the 54th anniversary of the first time humans stepped foot on a celestial body other than Earth. Working for North American Aviation at the Space Division at Downey, California in the ...

We all remember Neil Armstrong's famous words as the Apollo 11 astronaut took the first living, breathing human steps on the surface of the Moon. Small steps and giant leaps for man and mankind. But ...

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The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events, using ...