lunar landing
Measuring How Much Dust Spacecraft Kick Up When they Land
The arrival of spacecraft on alien worlds uses a number of different techniques from giant air bags to parachutes and…
Incredible Descent Video of the Chinese Lander to the Lunar Far Side
On January 2nd, 2019, China's Chang'e-4 lander made a successful landing on the far side of the Moon. The China…
What Were the First Lunar Landings?
Before the historic Apollo-11 mission sent the first astronauts to the Moon, several robotic missions were mounted to the lunar…
Watch the Trailer for “The Last Man on the Moon”
On December 14, 1972, at about 5:40 a.m. GMT, Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan returned to the lunar…
Neil Armstrong; 1st Human on the Moon – Apollo 11, Tributes and Photo Gallery
Image Caption: On the Lunar Surface - Apollo 11 astronauts trained on Earth to take individual photographs in succession in…
Best Views Yet of Historic Apollo Landing Sites
[/caption] Just over 42 years after Neil and Buzz became the first humans to experience the "stark beauty" of the…
Did You Know: Russian Lunokhod Rovers Created Memorials on the Moon Honoring Women
[/caption] The saga of the Soviet Union's Lunokhod moon rovers keeps getting more interesting! If you missed the update on…
Sea of Tranquility
The Sea of Tranquility is the landing site of Apollo 11, the mission that gave mankind its first ever walk…