Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
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 ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon
The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway ...
StudyFinds on MSN16d
Moon not ‘geologically dead world’ after all. Why that might be a problem
Discover the surprising geological activity of the Moon's far side. Recent research reveals previously unknown ridge ...
Phys.org1mon
Earth's temporary moon might have come from the moon
A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our moon. Its characteristics ... to evolve into Aten- or Apollo-type orbits, the ...
Space on MSN11d
Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office
Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to be seen, but one thing is ...
Astronomy11d
How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
All but one of the lunar module pilots, in contrast, underwent deep and lasting personal transformations (some of which were profoundly unpleasant) after their Moon missions. Apollo 11 saw ...
Space on MSN4d
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander leaves Earth orbit to head for the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
Space.com11d
Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office
A NASA spokesperson confirmed the moon rock is being returned to the space agency in an email to collectSPACE.com. The lunar sample, which was brought back to Earth by the last Apollo astronauts ...