while other parts of Apollo 11's third stage orbited the Sun for decades before returning to Earth's gravitational pull. All told, the Saturn V rocket boasted 11 J-2 engines, all of which held ...

The process of getting Apollo 11 to the pad has taken years ... the countdown except ignition of the five F-1 engines at the base of the Saturn V rocket and lift off of the vehicle.

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space ... Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster was fired to take the rocket out of Earth orbit and onwards to the Moon.

Decades after the end of the space race, an American rocket took off from Cape Canaveral ... just a few weeks before the Apollo 11 mission. The N-1 took off and promptly crashed down on the ...

One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

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Consider that 50 years ago this month a 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket weighing as much as 400 ... But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has in fact ...

A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 and her crew into space ... Spectators won’t hear the engines firing for nearly 15 seconds. To them, Saturn V will appear to take off in silence.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples, themselves. The four moon pebbles, which were embedded in a single lucite ball and mounted to a wooden podium together with ...