One of the most fun projects I ever carried out in school was building my own rocket and launching it on school grounds with the rest of my class. While reliving the good ol' days may be difficult, ...

It's April 27, 1969, and we are just three weeks away from the May launch of Apollo 10 -- the last dress rehearsal before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin attempt to land on the moon this summer. So, it ...

A lot of preparation and hundreds of people way smarter than me worked launched the Apollo 11 Saturn V. On July 16, 1969, the rocket launched into space and sent men a quarter-million miles to the ...

LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V Building set ($119.99) In the early morning hours of July 16, 1969, technicians at the Kennedy Space Center loaded upward of 750,000 gallons of fuel into the 363-foot ...

PEORIA — When the engines of the Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 ignited on July 16, 1969, and carried the trio of Americans to their historic rendezvous with the moon, it's likely that an Illinois ...

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Dwarfed by the Saturn V rocket's immense size, 10-year-old Adam Brauscum stood in awe as his father described how such massive machinery carried man to the moon. "It's so big," Adam said earlier this ...

As the first rocket to put people on the moon, NASA's Saturn V occupies a special place in the history of space exploration. And now it can occupy a special place in your Lego collection, too, with ...

LEGO has just announced the release date, price, and specs for its NASA Apollo Saturn V rocket, and it is clearly one small set for LEGO, but one giant leap for LEGO-kind. No, wait… the set’s actually ...

I wasn't sure what I was getting into. Yes, I love LEGOs. (Who doesn't?!?) I played with them extensively as a boy—building castles, X-wings, and battleships, and then throwing my entire collection ...

Why Has No Rocket Surpassed Saturn V? Despite advances in technology, no rocket has matched Saturn V’s power and size. But why? Was it too expensive? Too complex? Or was it simply perfect for its time ...