The Apollo 13 crew used their lunar lander — Aquarius — as a makeshift 'lifeboat' to survive the long cold journey back to Earth. It was a rough journey home. The entire spaceflight crew lost weight, and Fred Haise developed a kidney infection. But the small vessel protected and carried ...
This became a practical problem for the last mission to the Moon in 1972, when astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan, due to a fender problem with the Lunar Lander, were unable to prevent themselves from being showered with moon dust while they worked on the surface. The dust proved persi...
Lunar Birth Theory – A Collision Story: One prevailing theory about the moon's origin is the Giant Impact Hypothesis. It suggests that a Mars-sized body, called Theia, collided with the young Earth around 4.5 billion years ago. The debris from this colossal impact eventually coalesced to form...
After spending 18 months toiling privately on a spacecraft, SpaceX unveiled the craft in 2006 under the nameDragon. Musk reportedly named the spacecraft after "Puff, the Magic Dragon," a 1960s song from the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. He said he chose the name because critics believ...
10. We Can Observe About 59% of The Lunar Surface Since one hemisphere of the moon always faces the Earth, it’s only logical that only half or 50 percent of the moon’s surface should be visible. However, due to a phenomenon known as lunar libration (wavering motion of the moon due...
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a U.S. spacecraft that mapped the surface of the Moon in order to help select sites for uncrewed and eventually crewed lunar landers. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched on June 18, 2009, and its mission is expecte
In December 2007 NASA named the lunar landerAltair, after the brightest star in the constellationAquila. Aquila is the Latin word for Eagle, which was also the name of the first crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon,Apollo 11’slunar module. Altair would have been a two-stage spacecraft ...
In the 1950s, the Cold War sparked a race to visit Earth's moon with flybys, robots, and crewed missions. Here's what we discovered—and what's next.
A database filled with historical and technical information on aircraft from the past, present and future. It contains not only well-known aircraft, but also lesser known and unique one-off aircraft, ranging from hang gliders via experimental fighters to zeppelins. ...
Description: CNSA is the national space agency of China responsible for the planning and development of space activities. China has made significant strides in space exploration, including crewed space missions, lunar exploration, and the development of its space station. ISRO (Indian Space Research ...