along with the Lunar and Service Modules plus the Apollo command crew. To achieve this, the Saturn V was outfitted with several engines, each providing thrust for one of the rocket's three stages.

How Did the Spacecraft Get to the Moon? Astronauts got to the moon by traveling on a giant rocket (Saturn V) that launched ...

The new version of Starship will be tested again in four to six weeks. A third consecutive failure could indicate fundamental ...

The closed-cycle rocket engine design. Image via Wikipedia The ... just a few weeks before the Apollo 11 mission. The N-1 took off and promptly crashed down on the launchpad with incredible ...

The slowed-down video shows the rocket’s 33 Raptor engines firing up as the enormous 120-meter-tall vehicle leaves the launchpad. With the rocket pumping out a colossal 17 million pounds of ...

“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy ... Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster was fired to take the rocket out of Earth orbit and onwards to the Moon.