Saturn shuttle

Stage sections of Saturn V and N1.

Fifty years on, here are four things that made the Apollo Moon programme one of humankind's greatest technological achievements.

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Apollo 11 turns 45: A lunar landing anniversary retrospective | Ars Technica Apollo 11's command module, CSM-107, being placed on the deck of the USS Hornet after splashdown. The shiny silver Kapton tape covering the command module has largely been ablated away by reentry.

Space Shuttle Early Designs

From a 17-mile-long particle accelerator to a football field–sized space observatory, these machines are marvels.

Apollo 11 Command Module Colombia being hoisted onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet, 950 miles southwest of Hawaii.

Personnel atop the 402-ft. mobile service structure look back at the Apollo 11 spacecraft as the tower is moved away during a countdown demonstration test July 11, 1969

New video of the $200m Orbital Sciences Antares rocket blowing up six seconds after leaving the launchpad in Wallops, Virginia has emerged.

Skylab was launched by Saturn V rocket. Read about it. http://aerospaceguide.net/spacestation/spacestationskylab.html #nasa #space #station #apollo #saturn #rocket