We Asked a NASA Expert: How Long Does It Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? [Video]
Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...
Blue Ghost lunar lander — backed by Ukrainian tech guru — becomes first private spacecraft to successfully land on moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully performed a smooth, upright landing, making the Texas-based company the ...
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The Photo Lab That Flew To The Moon
All the goals for the program were achieved, and the images sent back were key to helping plan for the Apollo landings. Lunar Orbiter 1 also managed to return the first picture of Earth from the ...
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Odysseus spacecraft attempts to land on moon 50 years after Apollo missions: What we know
The six-legged robotic spacecraft that's traveled more than 1 million kilometers (or more than 621,000 miles) since launching ...
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60 years ago: Ranger 8 moon photos aid in Apollo site selection
Lunar Orbiter 2 and Apollo 16 both imaged the Ranger 8 impact site at relatively low resolution in 1966 and 1972, respectively. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the crash site in greater ...
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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke took this photo ... flew twice on Space Shuttle Discovery — first on STS-128 in 2009 and then the orbiter’s final flight, STS-133, in 2011 — all the while ...
Earth to Young Readers: Take a Look at Me From Space
“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...
6 spectacular images of moon captured by NASA
2. Shared by NASA, the image showcases a close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. 3. Shown as a crown of white flares ...