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Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon?

Between 1969 and 1972, six Apollo missions successfully landed on the Moon. Each crew faced danger, discovery, and the thrill ...
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Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time

The four crewmembers of NASA's Artemis 2 mission donned their launch suits to conduct their first suited crew test together ...

Give the Moon a Big, Beautiful Base

A base on the moon would be more democratic than those that Musk and his acolytes have advocated building on Mars. Given ...

Tom Hanks Pays Tribute to ‘Apollo 13’ Astronaut Jim Lovell: ‘God Speed You, on This Next Voyage’

Tom Hanks paid tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in 'Apollo 13,' following news of Lovell’s death Friday at ...
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Astronaut arrives at ISS, longs to be on the moon or Mars | On the International Space Station Aug. 4-8, 2025

The four members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are Earth-bound after bidding farewell to their Expedition 73 crewmates and ...

Astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin: Look back at their friendship in tweets, photos

Legendary astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell, globally known for their history-making Apollo missions, enjoyed a ...
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Lunar Photobioreactors Could Enable Astronauts to Produce Food and Oxygen on the Moon

The future of human exploration on the Moon depends largely on our ability to sustain astronauts with limited resources. A ...

NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here's what we know.

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...