Soil-like pebbles in moon samples brought home by Apollo 16 astronauts have revealed new details about lunar history.

the first mission to use the four-wheel-drive lunar rover. John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke of Apollo 16 and Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever ...

NASA has marked the 55th anniversary of Apollo 12 - world's second manned mission to the Moon. Astronauts Charles "Pete" ...

Apollo missions never flew during a full moon ... and Charlie Duke did not long before their April 16, 1972 liftoff. The full book Apollo VII – XVII by Simon Phillipson, Joel Meter, Delano ...

On 16 July 1969 ... Snoopy - some 50 years after its last sighting. Apollo 13's Lunar Module performed a vital "lifeboat" role when that mission had to be aborted following an explosion.

The research could also help future manned lunar missions pinpoint valuable natural ... of noble gases within larger fragments of the Apollo 16 breccia samples, helping researchers separate ...

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