Two weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union launched its Saturn V rival, the N1, and watched it detonate in one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions ever recorded. Using declassified ...

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is preparing for its fourth launch and second national security mission. The upcoming mission will carry the rocket's heaviest payload to date on its ...

What if we took the most powerful rocket ever built and never slowed down?. In this video, we conduct a thought experiment of epic proportions: turning the legendary Saturn V into an interstellar ...

Cape Canaveral is no dusty history tour, despite the consecrated status this oceanside resort area holds as the birthplace of American spaceflight. The Space Coast, as it’s often called, is not just ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1917, Germany announces it will wage unrestricted submarine warfare against all ships, including passenger carriers, in war-zone waters. In 1929, the Soviet ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could ...