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Apollo 17: On The Shoulders of Giants
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July 12, 2018
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The Apollo 17 spacecraft, containing astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt, glided to a safe splashdown at 2:25 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 1972, 648 kilometers (350 nautic...
Apollo 17 Splashdown
Apollo 14 Mission Commander, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., waves to well-wishers as he and astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module pilot, walk to the transfer ...
Saturn Apollo Program
View of a lightning bolt during the launch of Apollo 12
Lightning Strikes Twice
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87.
NASA Remembers Astronaut John Young, Moonwalker and First Shuttle Commander
Apollo 8 astronauts and commanding officer of the recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown walk the red carpet of the flight deck after splashdown recovery in the Pacific Ocean.
Saturn Apollo Program
The Apollo 13 (Spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970.
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Deep in the craters of the Moon's south pole lurk permanently shadowed regions: areas that have not seen sunlight in over two billion years.
The Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions
Astrochemist Jamie Elsila, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, unwraps pristine Moon soil collected in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts. They vacuum-sealed the tube right on the Moon. That tube has ...
The Best Gift of All: A Box of Moon Soil
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime crew commander of the Apollo 14 mission, uses a trenching tool during a simulation of a traverse on the lunar surface.
Apollo XIV – Geology Training – Hawaii
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun.
Moon Crossing From a Million Miles Away
Apollo 6 (AS-502) Pacific Recovery
Apollo 6 (AS-502) Pacific Recovery
Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, adjusts strap on his communications cap during suiting up operations for the lunar orbit mission.
Astronaut John Young During Final Suiting Operations for Apollo 10 Mission
The Apollo 14 crew men show off some of the largest of the lunar rocks which they brought back from the moon during a through-the-glass meeting with news men in the Crew Reception Area of the Lunar...
Apollo 14 Crewmen Show Off Lunar Rocks During Meeting With Newsmen
A close-up view of a footpad and surface sampler with scoop (arm, out of frame) on the Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed by the Apollo 12 astronauts during their second extravehicular ac...
Apollo 12 Mission Image – View of the Surveyor III Craft, Which Landed April 19, 1967
Set to Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune, this visualization uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data to show the stark beauty of evolving light and shadow near sunrise and sunset on the rugged lunar su...
Moonlight
On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. EDT.
Apollo 11 Launch
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands near a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) prior to a test flight at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, on ...
Astronaut Alan Shepard Near Lunar Landing Training Vehicle Prior to Test
Every Moon phase in 2021.
Moon Phase and Libration 2021
This view of Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crewmen as they sped toward the fourth lunar landing.
View of Earth Photographed by Apollo 15 on Voyage to the Moon
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
Apollo 11 Mission Image – Astronaut Edwin Aldrin
NASA created this chart in 1967 to illustrate the flight path and key mission events for the upcoming Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo Mission Flight Plan - 1967
Pictured from left to right, the Apollo 9 astronauts, James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, pause in front of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would launch the Apollo...
Saturn Apollo Program
This NASA video details the first journey of men around the moon.
The Flight of Apollo 8
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Ape...
Astronaut David Scott Gives Salute Beside U.S. Flag During EVA
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 11 landing site.
LRO Explores the Apollo 11 Landing Site
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