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.

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On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell left their crewmate Stuart Roosa in the command module and ...

Apollo 14 isn’t a mission that jumps to the fore of most peoples’ minds. It didn’t break ground like Apollo 11, which landed the first humans on the moon. And it didn’t cause the stir of Apollo 13, a ...