As soon as the morning of 29 August, the largest rocket to ever fly will lift off from Nasa’s launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The Artemis I mission, the first flight of Nasa’s ...
Fifty-five years ago Saturday, humanity made its first visit to the lunar surface with Apollo 11. Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Saturn V Rocket, which carried astronauts to the Moon, used its own inertial guidance system, separate from the guidance systems on the ...
The Apollo 11 astronauts used advanced technology to land on the Moon. The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever at that point — although SpaceX's Starship topped it when it took flight in 2024.
ULA's Delta IV Heavy rocket will conduct a final, classified mission on Thursday after a notable 20-year career. The Saturn V rocket remains one of NASA's greatest technological achievements—a ...