Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

March 19 (UPI) --Former astronaut Al Worden, who piloted the orbiting command module during the Apollo 15 moon landing in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas, NASA said. He was 88. Worden, who began his ...

Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden has died at age 88, his family confirmed Wednesday. Worden circled the moon alone in 1971 while, below, his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover. A ...

Apollo astronaut Colonel Alfred Merrill "Al" Worden has died at the age of 88. In a Twitter post, his family revealed that the former Command Module Pilot for the 1971 Apollo 15 lunar landing mission ...

Apollo 15 astronauts from left, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden and David R. Scott, prepare for their flight to the moon, scheduled for 9:34 am EDT, July 23, 1971. They are shown in front of a model ...

(Tribune News Service) —The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon with one of that mission's defining moments: a replica of the ...

Just two years after the first men walked on the moon, some astronauts drove a buggy on it. Although astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin described the Lunar Roving Vehicle more like a ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The live television broadcast showed that one of the three parachutes on the Apollo 15 capsule had failed to deploy properly. “Standby for a hard impact,” someone on the aircraft ...

One of only three remaining Corvettes customized for the astronauts is set to inspire again. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Al Worden promotes his book "Falling To Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey To The Moon" at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on July 29, 2011 in Washington, DC ...