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The Apollo 11 footage NASA recycled for satellites, and the reels a father saved from the scrap pile

Dark Space Official The Apollo 11 footage NASA recycled for satellites, and the reels a father saved from the scrap pile ...

In 1969, Apollo 12 began broadcasting from the Moon, but Alan Bean accidentally aimed its camera at the Sun and killed the live TV feed

During the Apollo 12 mission, astronaut Alan Bean mistakenly aimed the color television camera at the sun, leading to ...
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Before Apollo 11, NASA’s test flights got seriously weird – “One rocket exploded in orbit”

Apollo 11 made history, but the strange gap between Apollo 1 and Apollo 7 raises an obvious question: what happened to Apollo ...

Apollo 14 carried over 2,000 tree seeds around the Moon in 1971: Decades later, 'Moon Trees' still thrive across the U.S.

In 1971 Stuart Roosa — the command module pilot of Apollo 14 — carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon.

In 1970, NASA deliberately crashed Apollo 13’s rocket into the Moon; the impact made the lunar interior “ring” for over three hours

Despite facing a harrowing crisis, the Apollo 13 mission still managed to execute a scientific experiment. They intentionally ...
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Relive NASA’s Apollo 13 disaster right now on its 50th anniversary

Apollo 13, the NASA mission that failed spectacularly to reach the moon but succeeded in saving the lives of three astronauts, launched exactly 50 years ago. And now NASA’s Apollo 13 in Real Time ...
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More than 50 years later, Moon Trees grown from Apollo 14 seeds still stand across the United States

NASA’s Moon Trees preserve a piece of Apollo history, with a new generation of seeds also traveling around the Moon in 2022.

The Apollo missions brought us rechargeable hearing-aid batteries and quakeproof buildings. The European defense industry is now looking for its own ‘NASA moment’

Defense spending is resurrecting an engineering and manufacturing base many believed had gone forever, with the U.K., France ...
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Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing

Approximating the lander's effects on the moon’s surface are critical to planning a safe journey for Artemis astronauts. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 17, 2023 8:00 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in ...
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NASA Announces Apollo Anniversary Events, News Conference

WASHINGTON — NASA has announced a schedule of events to commemorate the achievements of the Apollo program and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing. Among the activities is a news ...
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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise ...