For decades, the world believed the Soviets had simply given up on the Moon. But when the USSR collapsed in 1991, declassified documents revealed the truth: the N1, a 30-engine monster built to rival ...

During what would become the most dramatic month in space history, an apocalyptic explosion of near-nuclear magnitude took effect in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, two weeks before the Apollo ...

NASA’s first Saturn I rocket launched on October 27, 1961, demonstrating heavy-lift capabilities and initiating the Saturn program that ultimately enabled crewed Apollo missions to the Moon.

Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death. By Michael J. Neufeld Several months after ...

This family-friendly attraction in a popular Southern U.S. state was ranked the No. 3 best thing to do in the world and the ...

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center turned on the spotlights that shine on the full-size Saturn V moon rocket replica Monday at 5 p.m. The lights were turned off for 18 months during construction of the ...

The first moon landing will be displayed on screens nearby. Houston, we have a celebration. To honor the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...