NASA's Orion spacecraft delivered some baffling space photographs from the Artemis I mission on Monday, Dec. 5: The crescent rising in the distance was not the moon, but Earth.
On December 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission took flight towards Earth’s natural satellite – the Moon. The event marked a historic moment for humanity, as it carried the first humans out of Earth’s orbit, and into the Moon’s. The mission, led by Commander Frank Borman, Command M...
Ultimately, NASA wants to build a base on the moon for astronauts to live and work. Such a facility could also act as an operations center for the first crewed mission to Mars, which could launch from the lunar surface if scientists are able to effectively mine the moon’s water ice for...
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NASA used images from the Magellan mission's radar to stitch together this mosaic of the planet's surface to create a global view. Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech Despite NASA's Magellan mission having arrived at Venus over 30 years ago, its legacy continues. The spacecra...
NASA and LOIRP Return to the Moon, 42 Years Later. Recovering Lunar Orbiter ImagesSteve Leibson
The view of Earth from the moon, captured by the Apollo 8 crew in 1968 Lunar and Planetary Institute/NASA And the next several years are likely to add chapters to the centuries-long story that is artfully laid out inLunar.In 2025 alone, almost adozen spacecraft teamsplan to visit...
The rover will continue on to a new location that includes what NASA called "boxwork," or fractures in the planet's surface formed by groundwater. When seen from space, the fractures look like giant spiderwebs, NASA said. Space & Astronomy More May's full flower moon appears today. ...
NASA has six experiments on board. This image provided by Intuitive Machines on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the south pole region of the Moon. The toppled lunar lander is still beaming back pictures of the moon, as its nears the final hours of its life....
Earth Rising From the Moon.Image Credit: NASA Beginning with theApollomissions to the Moon, astronauts succeeded in showing us our planet as it looks from other worlds. This one shows how lovely and small Earth really is. What will be our next steps in space?Light sails to other planets?