On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stepped out a lunar lander onto the surface of the moon. The landscape in front of him, which was made up of stark blacks and grays, resembled what he later called “magnificent desolation.” Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-03-humans-mars.html…
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The moon rock in Washington National Cathedral
A moon rock collected by Apollo astronauts during the first moon landing is enshrined in a stained-glass window – known as the Space Window – in the Washington National Cathedral. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/moon-rock-washington-national-cathedral-stained-glass-window…
A moon rock decorates Biden’s Oval Office
A lunar sample collected during Apollo 17, the final mission to the moon, is now on display in President Biden’s Oval Office. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/moon-rock-in-president-bidens-oval-office…
10 proofs the Moon Landing was real, debunking conspiracy theories
How is the flag waving on the Moon? Why aren’t there any stars in the Apollo photos? EarthSky debunks these Moon Landing conspiracy theories and more. Source: https://earthsky.org/uncategorized/10-proofs-the-moon-landing-was-real-debunking-conspiracy-theories…
UK’s biggest moon exhibition captures centuries of lunar love
From Japanese painting of the harvest moon to Buzz Aldrin’s “Snoopy cap”, the UK’s biggest moon exhibition at London’s National Maritime Museum is bound to please Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332420-400-uks-biggest-moon-exhibition-captures-centuries-of-lunar-love/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Apollo experiment that keeps on giving
Neal Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins departed from the moon 50 years ago, but one of the experiments they left behind continues to return fresh data to this day: arrays of prisms that reflect light back toward its source, providing plentiful insights. Along with the Apollo 11 astronauts, those of Apollo 14 and 15 left arrays behind as well: The…
NASA celebrates Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
Today marks exactly 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the lunar surface. When the Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 and i… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329174/nasa-celebrates-apollo-11s-50th-anniversary…
Planting a flag on the moon
With virtually no atmosphere on the moon – and, therefore, no wind – flags that fly freely on Earth would hang like limp cloth in the lunar environment. So Apollo 11 engineers had to rethink flagpole design entirely. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/planting-flag-on-moon-apollo11…
Jeff Bezos: I Spend My Billions On Space Because We’re Destroying Earth
In an interview with Norah O’Donnell of “CBS Evening News,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained why he’s investing much of his Amazon fortune in the development of space technologies through his aerospace company Blue Origin. Why? “Because I think it’s important,” Bezos said. “I think it is important for this planet. I think it’s important for the dynamism of future generations….
Join space scientists marking Apollo anniversary
Tonight, leading space scientists will discuss the legacy of Apollo 11, ahead of the mission’s 50th anniversary. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/space-scientists-apollo-anniversary-talk-program-july17-2019…