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[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Apollo 11 command module Columbia on temporary cradle. Photo by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution The last time ...

From a visiting comet from another starto the return of stranded NASA astronauts to a record number of satellite launches, 2025 was full of extraordinary space events. That momentum carries straight ...

Reference There are two lunar eclipses in 2025. Our guide tells you how you can see them and when the next lunar eclipse will occur. A total lunar eclipse on March 3-4, 2026, will be visible in North ...

Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A13960: Apollo 11 lunar landing mission astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins at a preflight press conference on July 5, 1969, Houston, ...

Could 2026 be the year humanity finally sees lunar terrain that no Apollo eye has ever seen? NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch early in the year, carrying commander Reid Wiseman, astronauts Victor ...