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.

NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than you might expect.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...