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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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Heartwarming reason why there is a single photo sitting on the moon
An Apollo 16 astronaut has revealed why a family portrait has been sitting on the moon for over half a century ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
Apollo 16 (1972) was commanded by John Young with Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke. Called "the astronaut's astronaut" by ...
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The Apollo Missions
The Lunar Module was completed in time for Apollo 9 ... John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke of Apollo 16 and Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever farther ...
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NASA built 5 Apollo lunar landers that never launched into space. Here's what happened to the historic moon ships.
When NASA made history 50 years ago by landing the first two humans on the moon, a peculiar-looking spacecraft called the lunar module made the journey possible - and survivable. The module's ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
Charlie Duke was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16. Credit: NASA Apollo 16 (1972) was commanded by John Young with Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke. Called “the astronaut’s astronaut” by ...