After fewer than three minutes, the Saturn V's first stage propelled the rocket to an altitude of approximately 42 miles. The engines shot the rocket into the sky at a speed of 7,500 feet per ...

Marshall Space Flight Center is celebrating its 65-year legacy of ingenuity and service to the U.S. space program – and the expansion of its science, engineering, propulsion, and human spaceflight ...

The first manned mission to the moon ... Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin pose in front of their Saturn V rocket on May 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong, front, waves as the crew heads to the van that ...