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In December 1972, astronauts left the lunar surface for the last time
December 6, 2012 |
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December marks the 40th anniversary of humankind's last departure from the moon
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Golden Spike, helmed by former NASA officials, wants to return human explorers to the lunar surface--for a price
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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
Boulders, a crater, moon dust and an overworked computer all stood in the way of humankind's first lunar touchdown
Soaring faster and farther than humans had ever gone before, Borman, Lovell and Anders cut a trail to the moon for Neil Armstrong's "giant leap" seven months later
The only scientist and field geologist ever to visit the moon offers some pointers to those who will one day visit Mars
The next rover to roam the moon's surface may come not from NASA and its rocket scientists but from college students and private companies working on a shoestring
40 years after the first moon walk, designers and engineers discuss the continuing evolution of astronaut apparel
The successful mission of Apollo 11 opens an epoch of planned lunar exploration. What questions should this exploration seek to answer, and what areas of the moon should be visited to best confront them?
The U.S. has been there, but now that many countries have joined the club of space-faring nations, which will be the first to return?
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
By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly
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
Four decades after mankind's giant leap, a look at the harrowing first lunar landing, the Apollo missions that never flew, and how the historic event looked from the Soviet Union
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