The Saturn V weighed six million pounds and stood 363 ... a sophisticated trajectory that would permit the [Apollo] command module to reenter the atmosphere under conditions simulating a return ...

Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken ...

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo ... the spacecraft adapter followed by the Apollo 11 Command Service Module (CSM) being mated to the top of the spacecraft adapter ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...