News Archive / Tagged: Saturn V

• Proof of Apollo 11 landing hard as ‘rock’

  Joe LatrellJuly 15th, 2019

  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- When asked why they believe the Apollo 11 Moon landings were faked, conspiracy theorists point to the lack of stars in the photos taken by the astronauts, incongruous shadows and other bits of data from that mission. Some evidence that counters their claims isn't so fragile, in fact - it's written in stone.

• Alan Parsons Live Project set to sing Apollo 11’s praises

  Mike HowardJuly 11th, 2019

  COCOA, Fla. -- With the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing just around the corner, the Alan Parsons Live Project will put on a concert to honor the occasion. SpaceFlight Insider spoke with Parsons to get his take on the mission and how he is working to honor its memory.

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: The atheist and Apollo 8

  Jason RhianDecember 25th, 2017

  When most people think of Apollo 8, they think of how the Book of Genesis was read from the vicinity of the Moon and the well-wishes the trio of astronauts gave the world. The year 1968 was not a good one in terms of U.S. history, and Apollo 8 ended that dark year on a high note – for most Americans. One exception, an atheist who opted to sue the U.S. government over violations of the first amendment by reading from Genesis on a government-sponsored mission. Who was this person and what happened to them?

• ShareSpace Apollo 11 Gala held under KSCVC’s Saturn V

  SpaceFlight InsiderJuly 16th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Under one of the three surviving Saturn V Moon rockets, Buzz Aldrin's ShareSpace Foundation hosted a gala and auction in honor of mankind's first footsteps on another world on Saturday, July 15, 2017. 

• Our Spaceflight Heritage: Apollo 11 then and now

  Collin SkocikJuly 24th, 2016

  Forty-seven years ago, the United States—and more importantly, the human race—did something extraordinary: We launched Apollo 11 and landed, on July 20, 1969, two men on the surface of the Moon. It was the culmination of a decade of hard work, dedication, ever-more-ambitious space missions, the rapid development of new technologies, and costly failure.

• Our Spaceflight Heritage: The shocking launch of Apollo 12

  Collin SkocikNovember 14th, 2015

  On Nov. 14, 1969, at 11:22 a.m. EST (15:22 GMT), at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second manned Moon landing mission launched. The gigantic, 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket boosted a tiny, three-man capsule carrying Commander Pete Conrad, Command Module Pilot Dick Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean to the Moon.

• Still unidentified, WT1190F falls to Earth tonight

  Laurel KornfeldNovember 12th, 2015

  An unidentified object discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 3 will fall to Earth tonight, burning up in the sky about 60 miles (100 km) off the coast of Sri Lanka. Designated WT1190F, the six-foot wide object is believed to possibly be an old rocket booster used to launch one of the Apollo Moon missions, China's Chang'e 3 Moon lander, or some older mission.

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: One giant leap, the flight of Apollo 11

  Gregory CecilJuly 16th, 2015

  Forty-six years ago today, on July 16, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – for the Moon. At 9:32 a.m. EDT (13:32 GMT), the Saturn V rocket SA-506 lifted off with 7.5 million lbs. of thrust carrying the crew consisting of Neil Armstrong, […]

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Skylab 1, America’s first space station

  Jason RhianMay 14th, 2015

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — Lifting off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 1:37 p.m. EDT (16:37 GMT), Skylab 1, the United States’ first space station, was launched forty-two years ago today on May 14, 1973. The scientific and observational platform would remain on orbit for a little more than six years, falling […]

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: A successful failure – 45 years later

  Gregory CecilApril 17th, 2015

  Forty five years ago today, as the nation held its collective breath, Apollo 13 successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Jim Lovell, Fred Haise Jr., and John “Jack” Swigert had lifted off from Launch Complex 39A from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a Saturn V rocket on April 11, 1970, on what the public had considered a […]

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: 50 years since the first full Saturn V test fire

  James RiceApril 16th, 2015

  Fifty years ago, on April 16, 1965, the full power of the Saturn V was felt for the first time in a test stand firing of the cluster of five F-1 first stage (S-IC) engines at NASA’s Marshall Spaceflight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. The five F-1 engines burned for 6.5 seconds and produced 7.5 […]

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Apollo 17 – NASA’s last manned mission to the Moon – 42 years later

  Jason RhianDecember 11th, 2014

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fl — When one thinks of the space age, one thinks of gleaming white rockets and astronauts boldly exploring the cosmos. However, the most recent mission that saw astronauts travel beyond the gravitational sphere of our world – is now 42 years in the past. On Dec. 11, 1972, the last manned […]

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Apollo 4’s historic echoes

  Jason RhianNovember 9th, 2014

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — On Nov. 9, 1967, at 8 a.m. EST (1200 GMT) NASA carried out the Apollo 4 mission. It was the first flight of NASA’s Saturn V booster. It marked the first flight of the Saturn V as well as the Apollo spacecraft. The mission lasted almost nine hours, splashing down […]

• OPINION: Tone down the political rhetoric around space issues

  Collin SkocikSeptember 7th, 2014

  The partisan divide in America is deep and frightening. There seems to be little, if any civil discourse between the two prevailing political ideologies of the day—liberal and conservative. And since President Obama canceled the Constellation Program, many on the right have attempted to claim the space platform as their own.

• Bruce McCandless, Capcom for Apollo 11, visits Kennedy Space Center, discusses historic mission

  SpaceFlight InsiderJuly 21st, 2014

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Bruce McCandless II was on site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex for the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing this week. McCandless served as Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for the first lunar spacewalk.