New photos from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Apollo moon landing sites in high-resolution, revealing details that could solve historical mysteries about the first manned moon landings
Thephotostaken by LRO, which has beensurveying the moon since 2009, show the Blue Ghost lander as a single bright pixel casting a shadow over the volcanic terrain. Since the images were taken from lunar orbit, it's hard to spot the little lander. However, the base of Mons...
The third flight of the SLS will carry astronauts to the moon for a landing in 2024. By that point, a small space station, known as Gateway, must be in orbit around the moon, along with a landing vehicle of some sort to carry the Orion crew to the moon's surface. NASA expects to ...
“Today, flight controllers chose to exercise an additional orbit, before starting the IM-1 mission landing sequence,” an announcer said in a live-stream. “This decision brought us to now, projecting a landing time of 17.24 CT [3.24am UAE time]. Intuitive Machines made the decision to rea...
NASA - How A Girdle Made The Moon Landing Possible
Earth shines over the moon in amazing 1st photos from private Blue Ghost lander. 'We're all in that picture.' A view of the Earth above the moon as seen by the Blue Ghost moon lander at Mare Crisium after landing. The probe's shadow is visible at center. (Image ...
‘First-of-its-kind Footage’ In a news release on Thursday,NASA recently revealed that SCALPSS successfully captured “first-of-its-kind” footage of Blue Ghost’s dusty descent and landing in the Mare Crisium, a volcanic basin on the Moon’s near side. ...
He said "if NASA’s not currently capable of landing American astronauts on the moon in five years, we need to change the organization, not the mission.” In another sign of internal shakeups in the space agency, Mark Sirangelo, a special assistant to Bridenstine, resigned in May, amid ...
such as landing pads, habitats, capsules, and roads on the lunar surface andMars, using extrusion-based additive construction technology (3D printing) and local materials like lunar regolith. The contract runs through 2028 and supportsArtemis, a mission for long-term human exploration of the Moon...
NASA first landed on the moon nearly 50 years ago when the Apollo 11 astronauts touched down on July 20, 1969. One region of the country played a special role in training for that historic mission. A half century later, Flagstaff, Arizona, is still celeb