If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...

In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket, which launched the Apollo spacecraft into orbit. Notably, there were 13 successful launches of the Saturn V. The journey to the moon is discussed, ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are once again venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had sent four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a mission lasting nearly 10 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

It’s thirty years since one of the most famous films ever made about space travel came out in cinemas. Apollo 13 was nominated for nine Oscars, and brought the true story of how three astronauts ...

“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” were the words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell when an explosion crippled the spacecraft and threatened the lives of the crew ...

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died six weeks before the movie about his rescue mission is set for a 30th anniversary rerelease in IMAX. Lovell, the 97-year-old Gemini XII and Apollo astronaut who died ...

"Apollo 13" stars Tom Hanks, the late Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon as three NASA astronauts who must navigate safely back to Earth after their spacecraft encounters troubles on the way to the moon. To ...

Today is the 102 nd birthday of Apollo 7 astronaut Wally Schirra, who won an Emmy award for filming a TV show in space while suffering from a bad cold. Apollo 7 astronauts (left to right) Donn Eisele ...