Apollo used the Saturn family of rockets as launch vehicles, which were also used for an Apollo Applications Program, which consisted of Skylab, a space station that supported three crewed …

The liftoff of Apollo 11's Saturn V carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into space exploration history on July 16, 1969.

6 days ago · The Apollo program: Major elements of the U.S. Apollo program, showing the Saturn V launch vehicle and configurations of the Apollo spacecraft modules at launch and during their journey …

Uncrewed test flights beginning in 1966 demonstrated the safety of the launch vehicles and spacecraft to carry astronauts, and four crewed flights beginning in October 1968 demonstrated the ability of the …

Flown from 1967 to 1973, it was used for nine crewed flights to the Moon and to launch Skylab, the first American space station. As of 2025, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried …

2 days ago · NASA inches closer to lunar return NASA is set to roll out its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, moving closer to its first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years.

Oct 31, 2024 · David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched to the Moon for the fourth Apollo lunar landing in July 1971. It was the first time the Lunar Roving Vehicle was driven on the Moon.