At 9:32 a.m., NASA's Saturn V rocket ignited and, with 7.6 million lbs. (34.5 million newtons) of thrust, lifted off from launch pad 39A. Perfect weather met the Apollo 11 launch and spectators ...

Apollo 11 launches, beginning epic journey to the moon ... In the final moments, smoke billowed from the rocket as Cronkite counted down from 12. "Oh boy," Cronkite said as the mission took ...

In this July 16, 1969 file photo, people watch the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket launch on multiple TV’s at a Sears department store in White Plains, N.Y. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File) Astronaut ...

Mobile Launch Platform-3 (MLP-3), or Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) as it was known when NASA used it for the Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 lunar missions ... Launch System (SLS) rocket, Boeing is planning ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday ... launch director for the still-in-development Space Launch System moon rocket. The SLS will surpass the Saturn V, the world’s most ...

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Feb. 26: First launch of the Saturn 1-B rocket carrying an unmanned Apollo ... Paul McCartney announces the breakup of the Beatles. April 11: The Apollo 13 mission takes off.

Jeff Hessel worked at Cape Canaveral in the heyday of the U.S. space program. He now lectures about the experience to groups ...

A look back at Apollo 11: Florida Today coverage of the 50th ... NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program and its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which aims to propel the first woman and first ...

While Apollo 11 was a pivotal moment in the U.S.'s space ... to east as compared to other far-off locations. When NASA launches a rocket towards the east, it can leverage the boost from Earth's ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday ... launch director for the still-in-development Space Launch System moon rocket. The SLS will surpass the Saturn V, the world's most powerful ...