How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved ...
Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity during New Shepard launch: How to watch
A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch ...
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A year in isolation: 366-day mock moon mission wraps up in Russia
On Nov. 14, 2024, the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences marked the successful ...
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FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
Future missions led by Firefly will be to the moon's far side and will include delivering a satellite that will orbit the region. When will the Firefly spacecraft make it to the moon? Firefly ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight
Blue Origin hopes to launch about a half-dozen more New Glenn flights this year — and eventually, it may haul spacecraft and astronauts into orbit and onto the moon. “There’s room for lots ...
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
While this may sound like an immense distance, it's pretty close on a cosmic scale: the moon orbits us at 238,900 ... is one that has an orbit intersecting the Earth's orbit around the Sun by ...
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NASA's stuck astronaut steps out for a spacewalk after seven months in orbit
One of the two NASA astronauts stuck in space got a much-welcome change of scenery when she stepped out for her first spacewalk after seven months in orbit. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have ...
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Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight
The rocket is built to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also to the moon. Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space ...
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Sunita Williams steps out on spacewalk after seven months in orbit
One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery on Thursday (January 16, 2025), stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station ...
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Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making
A Blue Origin crew vehicle would provide NASA with more options when transporting humans to and from low-Earth orbit or even the Moon. Though this launch of New Glenn has been 25 years in the ...