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The Apollo 11 astronauts returned valuable rock samples from the Sea of Tranquility landing site that revealed the moon's fiery past for the first time. The samples showed that this region of the moon was once the site of volcanic activity, and that thin flows of lava had once flowed where...
Launched as a Kickstarter project on Sept. 9, "Apollo: The Panoramas" was promptly funded. The campaign has now surpassed $35,000, almost five times the initial goal, with 10 days to go before it closes on Oct. 9. In addition to offering the book for £44 ($67), backers can als...
Moon - Core, Crust, Surface: Most of the knowledge about the lunar interior has come from the Apollo missions and from robotic spacecraft, including Galileo, Clementine, and Lunar Prospector, which observed the Moon in the 1990s. Combining all available
Apollo 12 landing site The tracks made in 1969 by astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, the third and fourth humans to walk on the moon, can be seen in this LRO image of the Apollo 12 site. The location of the descent stage for Apollo 12's lunar module, Intrepid, also can be seen...
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.
moon,” said the USGS in a statement. The maps provide enough detail that amateur astronomers can compare features they see on their telescope with those on the map. It also allows enthusiasts to locate historically important features such as the Apollo landing sites from the comfort of their ...
The data are overlaid on an equidistant cylindrical projection LRO WAC albedo map of the Moon. Apollo (A), Luna (L) and Chang’e–5 (CE5) landing sites are denoted along with the locations of the basins mentioned in the text. c
— Apollo landing sites: An observer's guide on how to spot them on the moon It seems that all eyes are fixed upon our lone satellite these days, especially with India's historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar south pole mission in the news over the past few weeks. Back on Aug. 23, 2023...
AfterApollo 11yielded the first successful human landing on the moon, NASA wanted to useApollo 12to prove that it was possible to precisely target a specific location, based just on latitude and longitude. But you have to know the latitude and longitude of some location with precision. Apollo ...