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…
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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…
Historic Moon Landing Footage Enhanced By AI, and the Results Are Incredible
“A photo and film restoration specialist, who goes by the name of DutchSteamMachine, has worked some AI magic to enhance original Apollo film, creating strikingly clear and vivid video clips and images,” reports Universe Today:
Take a look at this enhanced footage from an Apollo 16 lunar rover traverse with Charlie Duke and John Young, where the footage that was originally shot…
A Spaceflight Engineer Recovers the Lost Software For Apollo 10’s Lunar Module
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Vintage computing enthusiasts have recreated NASA’s legendary “Apollo Guidance Computer,” the 1960s-era assembly-language onboard guidance and navigation computer for the Apollo missions to the moon. Unfortunately, the software had been lost for the Apollo 10 mission (a manned “dress rehearsal” mission which flew to the moon eight weeks before Neil Armstrong’s famous moonwalk mission). But spaceflight…
Our home world from afar
Celebrate Earth Day with these 10 images of Earth from space. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-images-from-space…
Apollo collection curator on what Neil Armstrong took to the moon
Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo spacecraft collection, on awesome astronauts, her passion for space history – and getting struck by lightning Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432541-500-apollo-collection-curator-on-what-neil-armstrong-took-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong
Ohio’s U.S. senators want Congress to rename a NASA research facility in Ohio after astronaut Neil Armstrong. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-ohio-senators-renaming-nasa-site.html…
Neil Armstrong’s Family Received $6 Million in a Secret Wrongful-Death Settlement: Report
The settlement, made in 2014, has come to light following the Apollo 11 anniversary. Source: https://www.livescience.com/66021-neil-armstrong-wrongful-death-settlement.html
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…