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Watch The Far Side Of Moon As It Comes Between Earth And Spacecraft
The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...
NASA's Glenn to test lunar air quality monitors aboard space station
As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and ...
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Apollo 8 Earthrise; Man's Historic First View of Earth from the Moon, December
One of the most enduring and powerful images from America's space program. Earthrise was taken on Christmas eve in 1968 by Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot. It is a vintage print in suberb ...
Houston company pulls oxygen from simulated moon soil, a step toward creating breathing air in space
Houston-based Lunar Resources extracted oxygen from simulated moon soil in a vacuum chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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Lunar Orbiter First View of Earth from Moon
NASA, Lunar Orbiter 1. The world's first view of the Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon, August 26, ...
Planetary scientists reveal how the Earth and Moon actually formed
Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...
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The Moon’s Far Side Is Strangely Dry—Lunar Samples Suggest It’s Much More Parched Than the Side That Faces Earth
Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...