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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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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...
Space.com8d
What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know
Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space, fifth human to walk on the ...
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OTD In Space – February 6: Astronauts Play Golf On The Moon
Apollo 14 astronaut Al Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Though he was there doing scientific ...
Philadelphia Tribune10d
George R. Carruthers, scientist who designed telescope that went to the moon
George R. Carruthers, an astrophysicist and engineer was the principal designer of a telescope that went to the moon as part ...
Yahoo11d
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
The United States won the Cold War space race with the Soviet Union when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Only A Bra Manufacturer Could Make NASA’s $100,000 Apollo Space Suits
When NASA sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon, it put the best of American science and engineering to the test. As part of the Apollo program, experts from Boeing, North American Rockwell ...
Astronomy19d
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots — here’s why
For the Artemis program astronauts, walking on the Moon will require new ways of thinking, the latest technology, and innovative approaches to improve boot and spacesuit design. The Apollo program ...
Metro25d
Space expert reveals dangers Nasa’s stranded astronauts can expect on rare spacewalk – after seven months stuck in orbit
Another worry is the presence of micrometeoroids, which could possibly smash into the space suit and puncture it. The risk is illustrated by craters and holes seen sometimes on the ISS exterior ...
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NASA's Artemis Moon Mission: Call for Better Boots
For the Artemis program astronauts, walking on the Moon will require new ways of thinking, the latest technology and innovative approaches to improve boot and spacesuit design. The Apollo program's ...
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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
For the Artemis program astronauts, walking on the Moon will require new ways of thinking, the latest technology and innovative approaches to improve boot and spacesuit design. The Apollo program’s ...