Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the ...

Just months after man first landed on the moon, the next Apollo mission had a scare from Mother Nature. Here's what happened ...

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 ...

On this day in 1969, Apollo 12—the second crewed mission to land on the Moon—launched from Cape Kennedy on a mission that almost ended before it truly began.

As soon as the morning of 29 August, the largest rocket to ever fly will lift off from Nasa’s launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The Artemis I mission, the first flight of Nasa’s ...

Editor’s note: This article about Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center, and the space program is part of WRAL TechWire’s weeklong contribution to the Triangle’s “Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond” ...

Visitors flocking to the Space Coast to celebrate one of humankind's most remarkable achievements can experience several events at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to commemorate the 50th ...

Being first is often best. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 and “One small step for man…” are each deservedly seared into our collective consciousness. The first time that human beings landed on ...

On Nov. 9, 1967, NASA launched the first Saturn V moon rocket test flight: Apollo 4. See photos of the launch, and Earth from space, from the amazing Apollo 4 mission here. This image: Gigantic, at ...

There was a lot we didn’t get to see when Apollo 12 blasted 50 years ago today on humans’ second trip to the moon’s surface. First was the liftoff. When astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan ...

The Florida summer sun shone down on Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins as media and VIPs gathered for an event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s ...

Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice within a minute after launch, but the manned mission continued – to the moon, no less. On Nov. 14, 1969, 55 years ago today, the Apollo 12 mission launched ...