Names for seven craters in the Apollo basin on the Moon have been provisionally approved by the International Astronomical Union to honor the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts. The names […]
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Have You Seen This Large Lunar Orbiter "Earthrise" Presentation from 1966?
Keith’s note: Does any one at NASA Langley Research Center (or elsewhere in/around NASA) know where this large reproduction of the Lunar Orbiter 1 “Earthrise” image (or others like it) […]
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Old Data: New Science
Student Project: New Lunar Crater Search Using LROC-NAC Vs LOIRP Lunar Orbiter Images “Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) is in possession of 1,478 2″ original analog tapes from 3 […]
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Bullying People Over Public Domain NASA Photos
Photo source: AS11-40-5903 (20 July 1969), NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sues Topps for using his likeness in trading cards, LA Times “Buzz Aldrin was the second person to set foot […]
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NASA's Chronic Inability To Explain Why It Does Things
Can we afford to return to the Moon?, Paul Spudis “One of the biggest problems with NASA’s implementation of the VSE was that they never understood why we were going […]
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Lunar Eclipse Photo
Photo: Total Lunar Eclipse as Seen From Earth’s Surface “A total lunar eclipse is seen as the full moon is shadowed by the Earth on the arrival of the winter […]
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Using Existing Rockets for Future Human Exploration
Mission would send astronauts to moon’s far side, Space.com via MSNBC “While NASA has officially given up its plans to send humans back to the surface of the moon anytime […]
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Chang'e-2 Moon Photos
China Reveals First Chang’e-2 Photos!, Luna-C/I “China has released the first photos from it’s recently-launched Chang’e-2 lunar orbiter! Released with some fanfare, the images get more or less straight to […]
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Project M: Why is JSC Doing This?
At NASA, a Quiet Quest to Send a Humanoid Robot to the Moon, NY Times “Project M slipped under the radar of everyone else in NASA, including the administrator, Maj. […]