Moving the Rocketdyne F-1 engine into the new Destination Moon gallery took an entire day. Suspending it from the ceiling took another 10 hours. The hardest part? A sharp left-hand turn out of the old ...

We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a working fluid. This of course adds a lot of weight and complexity that can be ...

The first-ever rollouts of the Saturn V and SLS occurred 56 years apart. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "It was a sight unseen ...

To meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V, the ...

For a few magic years in the 1960s and 1970s, a powerful rocket hefted humans towards the moon. The Saturn V is probably NASA's most famous rocket, with its iconic 363-foot (110-meter) profile showing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It stood taller than the Statue of Liberty, was more massive than six Boeing 747 jetliners and ...

On November 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V was 363 feet tall. That's taller than the Statue of Liberty! It was the biggest and most powerful ...

The capsule: The Orion capsule atop SLS can hold four crew members compared to the Apollo capsule’s three. It has the familiar cone shape as previous capsules, but inside are what NASA says are ...

Before NASA decided to launch Apollo on the Saturn V rocket, the agency considered a larger rocket called Nova. The necessary launch vehicle for the heavier Direct Ascent mission profile, this ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Neil Armstrong made the first footprint on the Moon. Tennesseans helped him get there. As America pauses this month to remember the historic achievements of the Apollo 11 space ...