60 years ago: Ranger 8 moon photos aid in Apollo site selection
Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...
Meet Grace, the Hopping Robot That Will Dive Into the Moon’s Darkest Craters
Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...
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Enjoy a billion years of Moon impacts in just one minute
We’ve all seen high-resolution photos of the Moon and seen its countless craters frozen in time, wondering where they came from and how long they’ve been there. Using recent research data that ...
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Crater-diving hopper 'Gracie' will launch to the moon aboard private Athena lander this month
The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...
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Nevada's Astronaut Training Ground Is An Ancient Volcanic Crater With A Surreal, Moon-Like Landscape
Its name is derived from its appearance and topography, as it resembles the surface of the moon ... Because Lunar Crater is protected government-owned land, admission is free, and the area ...
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Mystery of the 'alien tower' on the moon is solved: Lunar expert claims spire is actually a small crater on the rim of larger one
MexicoGeek used Google Moon to zoom in on an area of the lunar surface between the Rupes Liebig and Rimae Marsenius craters. The 3.5-mile (5.6km) high structure was spotted in images from Google ...
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Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon
We will never stop thinking and talking about the moon, says Matthew Shindell, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. “In cities where there is a lot of artificial ...