Image: Mind the stars
Space can be a cruel mistress, but she is a beautiful one.
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Europe to send modules, astronauts to NASA moon station
The European Space Agency says it has agreed to provide several modules for NASA's planned outpost around the moon, in return for a chance to send European astronauts to the lunar orbiter.
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Oct 28, 2020
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'Houston, we've had a problem': Remembering Apollo 13 at 50
Apollo 13′s astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. Even when their oxygen tank ruptured two days later—on April 13.
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Apr 9, 2020
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Image: Tests complete for Orion
The first Orion spacecraft that will fly around the moon as part of Artemis to return humans to the lunar surface has finished its space-environment tests at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Ohio, U.S.. The vehicle—that can ...
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Mar 16, 2020
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Europe powers up for third and fourth Orion spacecraft
Europe will power the NASA spacecraft that take astronauts to a new international outpost and forward to the moon, following decisions made by ESA Member States at Space19+ in Seville, Spain.
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Dec 18, 2019
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Flying the final approach to Tranquility Base
As the Apollo 11 lunar module approached the Moon's surface for the first manned landing, commander Neil Armstrong switched off the autopilot and flew the spacecraft manually to a landing.
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Jul 17, 2019
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Here's a fact: We went to the moon in 1969
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, some people insist it never happened and was all a big hoax by the U.S. government.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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The Moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?
Three rovers, six US flags, dozens of probes that either landed successfully or crashed, tools, cameras and trash: the Moon is dotted with hundreds of objects as a result of space exploration.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP
It was 10:56 pm at mission control in Houston on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon.
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Jun 17, 2019
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Scientists explain formation of lunar dust clouds
Physicists from the Higher School of Economics and Space Research Institute have identified a mechanism explaining the appearance of two dusty plasma clouds resulting from a meteoroid that impacted the surface of the moon. ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2019
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