NASA Observes Day of Remembrance Jan. 31 “NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, […]
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Earthrise and Earthrise
NASA Releases New Apollo 8 Earthrise Simulation Video “NASA has issued a new visualization of the events leading to one of the iconic photographs of the 20th Century – Earth […]
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We Left The Moon 41 Years Ago Today
41 Years Ago Today Humans Left The Moon “41 years ago today, 14 December 1972, Lunar Module “Challenger” in lunar orbit before rendezvous with the Apollo 17 Command Module “America”.”
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Forgotten Apollo Era Moon Imagery Found
Misplaced High Resolution Lunar Orbiter Imagery Found After 46 Years “High resolution imagery from the Lunar Orbiter program, forgotten for nearly 50 years, has been retrieved from original data tapes. […]
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Let's Throw Away Yet Another Space Station
The skies. The limits: The international space station is one of humanity’s great engineering triumphs. But what is it for?, Washington Post “So even if the station’s life is extended […]
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Protecting the Apollo Sites
Loony or logical? Bill favors national park on moon, Florida Today “Imagine a U.S. National Park like Yellowstone or the Great Smoky Mountains on the moon, one that would protect […]
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Apollo Astronauts Set to Cash in With Auction
Apollo Moonwalkers Sell Right Stuff in $1 Million Space Auction, Bloomberg “Owning something flown on the Apollo lunar missions has always been challenging. However since last September, when the U.S. […]
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179 Trips To The Moon
179 Round Trips to the Moon & 7 Other Things You Could Do in the Time Since Senate Democrats Last Passed a Budget, Speaker of the House John Boehner “If […]
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NASA OIG/OGC Won't Be Hassling Elderly Astronauts Anymore
Law says Apollo astronauts can keep, sell artifacts “President Barack Obama ended a months-long fight over NASA relics this week when he signed into law a bill that confers full […]