Keith’s note: Obviously Paul Martin has said nothing. I did not expect that he would – certainly not in response to anything I did or did not do on NASAWatch. […]
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LRO Offers New Look at Apollo Landing Sites
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo Landing Sites “NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and […]
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LRO Offers New Look at Apollo Landing Sites
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to reveal new images of three Apollo landing sites taken from the agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. […]
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A Fading NASA, Afraid Of Its Own Shadow
Space agencies set two courses, MSNBC “NASA spokesman Michael Braukas told me that the roadmap was not yet available for public release, but space officials agreed that an initial version […]
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First Earthrise Photo Taken 45 Years Ago Today
Keith’s note: 45 Years ago today, on 23 August 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped the first photo of Earth as seen from lunar orbit. While a remarkable image at the […]
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Watching The Beatles As They Did Their Sound Check – From The Moon
Nimbus II and Lunar Orbiter 1 Imagery: A New Look at Earth in 1966 “To date some of the images taken by Nimbus II have been enhanced and mapped into […]
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Is James Cameron Heading for the Moon?
‘Avatar’ director rumored to have bought first ticket to the moon, Newscore “The first of two $150 million tickets for a pioneering tourist mission to the moon was off the […]
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Lights In The Sky
Early Morning Skywatching and Teaching Satellite Concepts to Sherpas “I got up early today to see the ISS and Endeavour fly over my house. Its always cool to see them […]
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Lunar Magma Has Much More Water Than We Thought
Lunar Magma Has 800 Times More Water Than Previously Suggested “A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny […]
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Apollo Vets Are Not Happy Today (White House Responds)
Roundup: Obama’s policy aims to revitalize space program John Holdren and Charlie Bolden “Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan are genuine American heroes who brought immense courage and competence […]