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• For Neil Armstrong, the First Moon Walker, It Was All about Landing the Eagle
  Boulders, a crater, moon dust and an overworked computer all stood in the way of humankind's first lunar touchdown

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• Down to Earth: The Apollo Moon Missions That Never Were
  As the U.S.'s lunar landing program wound down, plans for its last three Apollo missions were canceled, leaving unused hardware and questions of what might have been

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• The Moon Landing through Soviet Eyes: A Q&A with Sergei Khrushchev, son of former premier Nikita Khrushchev
  A son of the Cold War tells what it was like from the losing side of the Space Race--and how the U.S.S.R.'s space program fizzled after Sputnik and Gagarin

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• Aldrin Dusts Off Moon Memories
  Buzz Aldrin recalls the simple strangeness of being on another world, such as how the dust rose and fell differently on the moon with each footfall. Steve Mirsky reports

 

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Apollo and the Moon: The Astronauts' View [Slide Show]
On the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA produces a new book of photographs curated by Apollo veterans

Scientific American Magazine
Space Geology: From the Moon to Mars
The only scientist and field geologist ever to visit the moon offers some pointers to those who will one day visit Mars

Scientific American Magazine
Scientific American recommends 3 books about the moon
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News
Auction Offers the Moon--Or at Least NASA Gear That's Been There [Slide Show]
Stargazers will have the opportunity to get their hands on photos, charts, models and other space race relics from NASA missions thanks to an auction to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon mission

60-Second Science Blog
Can space-faring companies be entrusted with the Apollo program's history?
As private enterprises set their sights on space, once the sole domain of the superpowers, questions are arising about who will protect historical sites and artifacts on the moon

Science Talk
Hello Moon, Good-Bye Rennie
We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess! Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news

Scientific American Magazine
To the Moon and Beyond
Humans are returning to the moon. This time the plan is to stay a while

Science Talk
What's the Buzz: A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, talks about solar energy, buses between the planets, the Constellation program, his time on the moon and his animated movie, Fly Me to the Moon

60-Second Science Blog
Emotions recalled in the Sea of Tranquility
A review of the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon

60-Second Science Blog
Tiny dust grains, empowered by the sun, pose big problems on the moon
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt called it the biggest environmental problem on the moon. His crewmate Eugene Cernan said it was "probably one of our greatest inhibitors" to lunar operations. What could pose such a dire threat? The pervasive, abrasive culprit: lunar dust

Features
The Latest Buzz: Aldrin Flies to the Moon Again
The second man on the moon talks about what he thinks of NASA's current direction

Features
The Eagle Has Landed
A 1999 look at the historic landing's 30th anniversary

In-Depth Reports
The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 8's Journey to the Moon
It was a first not only for NASA, but for humanity. As the world bore witness, a redesigned Apollo spacecraft, tested in space with a crew only once before, carried three astronauts to orbit the moon