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by William Atkins
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 |
The U.S. space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will observe the fortieth anniversary of the historic first human landing on the Moon when it plays the entire audio from the Apollo 11 mission at the exact time and date it was broadcast in 1969. This time, however, it will be streamed on the Internet.
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by William Atkins
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Monday, 13 July 2009 |
The Kennedy Presidential Library will begin coverage of the first Moon landing by the NASA Apollo 11 mission on Thursday, July 16, 2009, forty years after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were launched into space with their Saturn V rocket. It’s all on WeChooseTheMoon.
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by William Atkins
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Sunday, 12 July 2009 |
NASA is asking all backyard astronomers to help track its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft, which is orbiting Earth in a big loop. Your reward in the end is to see it crash into a deep crater in the south pole of the Moon.
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by William Atkins
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 |
Australian astronomers have found an image of a blue whale hiding inside massive galaxy Centaurus A. You can’t see the galaxy in the night sky because it is invisible to your naked eyes, but take a look at it on their CSIRO website.
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by William Atkins
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Monday, 06 July 2009 |
Alternative plans for the United States to return to the Moon are being kicked around in the space community. One NASA engineer is proposing a shuttle-derived plan that would get the United States to the Moon at one-fifth the cost than the current Constellation plan. We could call it the Cheapellation plan.
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