Blast from the Past

NASA testing vintage engine from Apollo 11 rocket

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • In this image taken from video, NASA engineers test fire a key part of a rocket engine left over from the 1960s-era Apollo moon missions Thursday in Huntsville, Ala. Engineers hope to gain valuable knowledge from the engine, which was originally supposed to power the Apollo ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond.

Young engineers who weren’...

Published: 01/26/2013