One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

But this one is different. The photo was taken by NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin while on the surface of the moon, not long after the Apollo 11 mission landed on the lunar surface for the first time.

Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ... But, unfortunately, photos of Von Braun at the VAB have been lost, she said.

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The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into ... possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July ...

A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 and her crew into space ... Down on the surface, the gold-visored astronauts take photos and collect rock and dust samples. Tired, they’re eager ...

The mission to the moon was believed to be “impossible” at the time, with much doubt cast over the rocket, equipment, and astronauts’ abilities. Since the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped onto ...