Nine minutes after launch, the second stage dropped off the rocket at an altitude of 109 miles above the Earth’s surface. Now in orbit, the Saturn V was only 58 feet long. This final stage used ...

Apollo 10 "dress rehearsal" mission launched into orbit, to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later.

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space ...

The ninth Saturn V lifts off in January 1971 to ... The guiding spirit behind NASA’s moon rocket, Wernher von Braun watches a Saturn 1 launch from the safety of the blockhouse in October 1961.