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Margaret Hamilton, Scientist Who Worked On NASA's Apollo Program, Dies At 90
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30.
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New Study Finds Active Lunar Tectonics, Challenges Moon’s Dormancy
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal reveals that the moon is still experiencing tectonic activity. Scientists identified 266 small ridges on the far side of the moon, formed within the last 160 to 200 million years. The study suggests these ridges result from geological forces like lunar shrinking and orbital shifts. The findi...
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flight Jacket Sells at Auction for $2.8 Million
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket was sold for about $2.8 million (roughly Rs. 20 crore) in New York, auction house Sotheby's said. The jacket was worn by Aldrin on the historic mission to the moon in 1969. Aldrin, 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.
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NASA Orders to Halt the Sale of Moon Dust Collected During the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...
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ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Finds Noble Gas on Moon, Beyond the Region Where It Was Supposed to Be
SRO said it had made an interesting discovery. The Indian space agency said its Chandrayaan-2 orbiter found an important gas in the Moon's upper atmosphere, beyond the region this gas was known to exist.
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Apollo 11 Mission Completes 52 Years: NASA Shares Image of Neil Armstrong’s Left Foot on Moon
NASA has shared the historic image of man's first step on Moon on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The image shows Neil Armstrong's left footprint on the surface of the Moon.
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NASA to Study Previously Unopened Apollo Sample
As NASA plans to return humans to the Moon in 2024, scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth as part of the the US space agency's final mission of the Apollo programme.
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Apollo 11 Space Mission: Google Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing With a Doodle Video
Apollo 11 space mission was launched on 16 July, 1969 with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin as the primary crew.
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'The Dish' That Brought Us TV From the Moon Is Still Beaming Signals 50 Years After Moon Walk
It's known as "The Dish" and it soars above a nondescript paddock in rural Australia. Without it, hundreds of millions of people would never have seen all of the generation-defining footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon 50 years ago.
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Artefacts From First Apollo, Gemini Moon Missions to Go on Auction
Nearly 200 artefacts from the NASA missions of 1960s and 1970s, including the Apollo and Gemini programmes, will go on auction on July 18 at Christie's New York.
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How a ‘Moon Rock Hunter’ Is Tracking Down Apollo Lunar Souvenirs
Beginning with Apollo 11, which landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and ending with Apollo 17, in December 1972, US astronauts collected 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of rocks and lunar soil.
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NASA Wants To Get To The Moon. But China And India Are Racing There, Too
During the height of the Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union bushwhacked a frantic path to the lunar surface, landing nearly 20 spacecraft softly on the moon between 1966 and 1976, including the six carrying NASA's Apollo astronauts.
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How "Sloppy" NASA Lost Apollo 11 Controllers, Neil Armstrong's Suit
NASA is a special place. It sends astronauts into space with remarkable precision. It boosts our knowledge of the universe with amazing pictures and scientific exploration.
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86
Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died May 26 at a hospital in Houston. He was 86.
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Margaret Hamilton, Scientist Who Worked On NASA's Apollo Program, Dies At 90
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30.
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New Study Finds Active Lunar Tectonics, Challenges Moon’s Dormancy
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal reveals that the moon is still experiencing tectonic activity. Scientists identified 266 small ridges on the far side of the moon, formed within the last 160 to 200 million years. The study suggests these ridges result from geological forces like lunar shrinking and orbital shifts. The findi...
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flight Jacket Sells at Auction for $2.8 Million
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket was sold for about $2.8 million (roughly Rs. 20 crore) in New York, auction house Sotheby's said. The jacket was worn by Aldrin on the historic mission to the moon in 1969. Aldrin, 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.
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NASA Orders to Halt the Sale of Moon Dust Collected During the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...
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ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Finds Noble Gas on Moon, Beyond the Region Where It Was Supposed to Be
SRO said it had made an interesting discovery. The Indian space agency said its Chandrayaan-2 orbiter found an important gas in the Moon's upper atmosphere, beyond the region this gas was known to exist.
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Apollo 11 Mission Completes 52 Years: NASA Shares Image of Neil Armstrong’s Left Foot on Moon
NASA has shared the historic image of man's first step on Moon on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The image shows Neil Armstrong's left footprint on the surface of the Moon.
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NASA to Study Previously Unopened Apollo Sample
As NASA plans to return humans to the Moon in 2024, scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth as part of the the US space agency's final mission of the Apollo programme.
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Apollo 11 Space Mission: Google Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing With a Doodle Video
Apollo 11 space mission was launched on 16 July, 1969 with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin as the primary crew.
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'The Dish' That Brought Us TV From the Moon Is Still Beaming Signals 50 Years After Moon Walk
It's known as "The Dish" and it soars above a nondescript paddock in rural Australia. Without it, hundreds of millions of people would never have seen all of the generation-defining footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon 50 years ago.
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Artefacts From First Apollo, Gemini Moon Missions to Go on Auction
Nearly 200 artefacts from the NASA missions of 1960s and 1970s, including the Apollo and Gemini programmes, will go on auction on July 18 at Christie's New York.
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How a ‘Moon Rock Hunter’ Is Tracking Down Apollo Lunar Souvenirs
Beginning with Apollo 11, which landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and ending with Apollo 17, in December 1972, US astronauts collected 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of rocks and lunar soil.
-
NASA Wants To Get To The Moon. But China And India Are Racing There, Too
During the height of the Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union bushwhacked a frantic path to the lunar surface, landing nearly 20 spacecraft softly on the moon between 1966 and 1976, including the six carrying NASA's Apollo astronauts.
-
How "Sloppy" NASA Lost Apollo 11 Controllers, Neil Armstrong's Suit
NASA is a special place. It sends astronauts into space with remarkable precision. It boosts our knowledge of the universe with amazing pictures and scientific exploration.
-
Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86
Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died May 26 at a hospital in Houston. He was 86.
