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1. It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older

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   ... left on the Moon by Apollo missions 11, 14 and 15 are beginning to shows signs of age.(...) Read the rest of It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older (470 words) © Steve Nerlich for Universe ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. Buzz Aldrin Says We Can Get to Mars by 2019

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   ... way to Mars by July 20, 2019 — which just happens to be the 50th anniversary of my Apollo 11 flight to the moon," Buzz Aldrin wrote in an opinion piece on AOL.com. "The plan I've ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

3. 3D Measurements Of Apollo 14 Landing Site

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   Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - Can we measure the size and shape of equipment and other objects on the moon using orbital images from the current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission? Monday, 01 February 2010

4. Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2009 Report

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   Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2010 - The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, a congressionally mandated group of independent experts established after the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, has released its 2009 ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

5. NASA's Bargain Basement Artifact Sale

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   ... museums, educational institutions and other organizations are able to request over 2,500 artifacts from current and past NASA programs that include the space shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, Apollo, Mercury ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

6. Searching for Moon Rocks Here on Earth

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   Wanted: Moon rocks. Whereabouts: Unknown. Alarmingly, some of our Moon rocks are missing! After the Apollo Moon landings, then-U.S. President Richard Nixon distributed approximately 250 displays ... Thursday, 14 January 2010

7. Shuttle Endeavour Rolled to Pad; Countdown to the Final Five Begins

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... the mobile launch platform (MLP) and hauled out to the pad at about 0.5 MPH by the giant crawler-transporter which dates back to the Apollo moon landing Era of the 1960’s. (...) Read the rest of Shuttle ... Wednesday, 06 January 2010

8. Moon Rock Will Return to Space Aboard Endeavour

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   ... carried a Moon rock that was brought to the Earth by the Apollo 11 mission. Though the journey of this rock has been rather long, it is about to come to an end.(...) Read the rest of Moon Rock Will Return ... Monday, 04 January 2010

9. Moon Mission In Running For Next Big Space Venture

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   St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 04, 2010 - Nearly 40 years after the Apollo astronauts first brought samples of the Moon to Earth for study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis are leading an ... Sunday, 03 January 2010

10. Reexamining a Cataclysm

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    One of the legacies of the Apollo program is the rare lunar samples it returned. These samples (along with meteorites that originated from the moon and even one from Mars) can be radiometrically dated, ... Tuesday, 15 December 2009

11. Honoring Apollo 13's Fred Haise

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    At a 1 p.m. ceremony on Dec 2, 2009, Administrator Charles Bolden presented NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award to Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise, a Biloxi, Miss., native. The ceremony took place at ... Tuesday, 01 December 2009

12. The Artist of Apollo 12

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    40 years ago today, Apollo 12 launched on their mission to the Moon. On board was Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean. Bean is a gifted artist who has shared his experiences on the Moon like no ... Saturday, 14 November 2009

13. Just Released! Video of Tranquility Base via LRO

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    You've seen the pictures, now watch the movie! Zoom into the Apollo 11 landing site with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's latest images of Tranquility Base where humans took their first ... Friday, 13 November 2009

14. LRO's Closer Look at Apollo 11 Landing Site

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    Latest look at Apollo 11 site from LRO. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Here are the first images of the Apollo 11 landing site since the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter dropped into its 50 ... Monday, 09 November 2009

15. What Really Happened on Apollo 13?

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    Apollo 13 crew reflects on the mission from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo. Hear the story of what really happened on Apollo 13 from the astronauts who were on board, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise. Lovell ... Sunday, 08 November 2009

16. Test Stand A-2 Peering Out from the Fog

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    At Stennis Space Center, three large engine test stands were built the early 1960s to test the first and second stages of the Apollo Saturn V rocket that carried Americans to the moon. Since 1975, the ... Thursday, 05 November 2009

17. LRO's Closer Look at the Apollo 12 Landing Site

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    Close-up view of Apollo 12 landing site from LRO. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Wow! Just look at the detail visible in this image of the Apollo 12 landing site taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance ... Wednesday, 04 November 2009

18. Astro Space News 21 September 2009

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    ... a manned space station in 2020. Bernam   Apollo moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth  Attention, countries of the world: Do you know where your moon rocks are? The discovery of a fake moon rock ... Saturday, 19 September 2009

19. Chandrayaan Captures Halo Around Apollo-15 Landing Site

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    New Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 11, 2009 - India's maiden moon mission has captured a halo around the site where US spacecraft Apollo-15 had landed on the lunar surface nearly four decades ago. ... Friday, 11 September 2009

20. Scientist Rubbishes Apollo 15 Conspiracy Theory

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    Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 04, 2009 - A Camera on board India's maiden unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has recorded images of the landing site of US spacecraft Apollo 15, a scientist said today, rubbishing ... Saturday, 05 September 2009