The spacecraft was named after John Young, NASA’s longest-serving astronaut, who was an integral part of missions to the moon and the space shuttle program. John Young on the moon NASA John Young on the moon As part of the first extravehicular activity of its mission, Apollo 16 commander...
That’s when I learned that the space shuttle Columbia should have landed in Florida but never would. I spent the rest of the day obsessively watching the news and thinking “I hate to see the good guys lose one.” (I’m embarrassed that I’d forgotten about Columbia’s scheduled return...
The spacecraft was named after John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who was an integral part of missions to the moon and the space shuttle program. John Young on the moon As part of the first extravehicular activity of its mission, Apollo 16 commander John W. Young jumps off ...
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This close approach, which matched Juno's last Io flyby on Dec. 30, 2023, in terms of distance, allowed the spacecraft's JunoCam instrument to capture several volcanic features of the moon, including actively erupting plumes, lava lakes and tall mountain peaks and the shadow they cast on ...