Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued – to the moon, no less.

With the eyes of the world pinned on the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion capsule that will soon take off for their first trip to the Moon, it’s easy to forget that we’ve visited the satellite ...

On November 14, 1969, just four months after Apollo 11’s “giant leap for mankind,” the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket took off for the moon. Seconds later, a burst of static plunged the three-man crew into ...

Fifty-five years ago Saturday, humanity made its first visit to the lunar surface with Apollo 11. Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ...

The Saturn V Rocket, which carried astronauts to the Moon, used its own inertial guidance system, separate from the guidance systems on the Command and Lunar Modules. This system was contained in an ...