Apollo

Gallery: Spacesuits Are Amazing Human-Protection Machines

Did you know it's been nearly 50 years since the first spacewalk? On March 18, 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov ventured…

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By Boots or Bots? How Shall We Explore?

With robotic spacecraft, we have explored, discovered and expanded our understanding of the Solar System and the Universe at large.…

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Station Astronauts Send Christmas Greetings from the International Space Station

ISS astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA and Terry Virts, NASA send Christmas 2014 greetings from the space…

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NASA Video Shows Astronaut’s-Eye View of “Trial by Fire” from Inside Orion EFT-1 on First Test Flight

http://youtu.be/MtWzuZ6WZ8E Video Caption: New video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the…

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How NASA Filmed Humans Last Leaving The Moon, 42 Years Ago

When Apollo 17 lifted off from the moon, a camera captured the movements of the spacecraft -- even though nobody…

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Amazing Up Close Videos Capture Orion’s Final Descent, Splashdown and Ocean Recovery

http://youtu.be/LoItSvCBN0U?list=UUjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg Video Caption: Last moments of Orion descent as viewed from the recovery ship USS Anchorage. Credit: NASA/US Navy Relive…

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Orion Off-Loaded for Cross Country Trek to Florida Home Base

After a brilliant first test flight, and historic Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery on Dec. 5, 2014, NASA’s Orion spacecraft…

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Humans Last Landed On The Moon 42 Years Ago Today

For a brief period in the 1960s and 1970s, 12 people ventured all the way to the surface of the…

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