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The Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module ascent stage was abandoned in lunar orbit after the historic landing in 1969. Its fate is unknown. Numerical analysis described here provides evidence that this object ...

In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20th, 1969, we're counting down the events that led up to that historic moment. In the months leading up to the launch ...

The 1972 Apollo 17 lunar module’s ascent from the Moon was captured by a camera mounted on a rover left behind on the lunar surface and controlled from Earth, although social media posts are using the ...

Come see inside the Lunar Module using 3D animation. The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that landed on the moon. The LM was split up into two parts - the ascent stage and ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge ...

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. On July 21, 1969, U.S.

The first 'feet' on the Moon during the Apollo landing were Canadian! American president John F. Kennedy was who promised a lunar landing, and it was American astronauts that first walked on the Moon ...

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