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Japanese SELENE confirms Apollo 15 landing spot on Moon
By: William Atkins

According to a press release of the Japanese space agency, a “halo” has been photographed by the Terrain Camera onboard its SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, which shows the exact location of the NASA Apollo 15 Moon landing. Skeptics of the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon four decades ago may have to eat moondust!



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Apollo 11 was flying to the Moon thirty-nine years ago
By: William Atkins

On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their remarkable journey is recorded in an old NASA document with interesting names for their space vehicles.



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NASA's launch pad repairs will be finished in time for Hubble trip
By: William Atkins

A $2.7 million repair job is being performed on Launch Pad 39A after the NASA space shuttle Discovery damaged it when it lifted off May 31, 2008, for its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.


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Discovery Channel puts “Glory Days” of NASA on HD
By: William Atkins

Over one hundred epic hours of classic NASA footage from the 1960s and 70s have been upgraded to high definition (HD) for the fiftieth anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). See them soon on Earth!


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46 years ago: First U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 4, impacts Moon
By: William Atkins

On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.


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Duct tape saves the day on the Moon
By: William Atkins

The date was December 11, 1972. NASA Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had landed on the Moon. Lucky for them a roll of good old-fashion duct tape was onboard after damaging their lunar rover.


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How much do I hear for a genuine Moon scoop?
By: William Atkins

Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning off historic air and space artifacts on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Get your $300,000 lunar scoop at out-of-this-world prices! You can bid online!


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Prototype heat shield for NASA Orion capsule arrives at Kennedy
By: William Atkins

The heat shield that will protect the new Orion space capsules as it sends astronauts back and forth between Earth and the Space Station, and later between Earth and the Moon, Mars, and other places, has arrived at the NASA Kennedy Space Center for testing.             
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Forty years ago: Apollo 5 lifts off to test lunar module
By: William Atkins

On January 22, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 5 was launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Pad 37B on an unmanned mission around Earth to test the lunar module. Its success led directly to America’s eventual landing on the Moon.            
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