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Nation Jul 20

NASA looks to return astronauts to the moon

By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo

Science Jul 10

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin moves toward a position to deploy two components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Photo by NASA
Apollo landing footage would have been impossible to fake. A film expert explains why.

Here are some of the most common myths about the Apollo landing footage – and why they don’t hold up.

By Howard Berry, The Conversation

Politics Feb 05

WATCH: ‘American astronauts will go back to space on American rockets,’ Trump says

In his State of the Union speech, President Trump observed that 2019 marks 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission, the first space mission to land two people on the moon.

By Associated Press

Science Aug 25

Missing tape discovery solves 40-year lunar mystery

Traces of the Apollo astronauts’ presence lingered long after they left.

By Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American

Jul 07

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Miles O’Brien on the Last Shuttle Launch

Hari talks to Miles O'Brien about the space shuttle program, on the eve of its retirement.

Oct 03

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Fifty Years Ago, Sputnik Launched Space Age

Fifty years ago this week, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space. On the anniversary of the turning point in space exploration, a NASA historian and a science reporter assess the impact and legacy of the…

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Lockheed Wins Contract for NASA Exploration Spacecraft

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NASA has awarded a multibillion dollar contract to Lockheed Martin to build a manned spacecraft to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet and ferry astronauts to the moon and possibly Mars.

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