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50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world

Jul 20, 2019 (AFP)

Their lunar module, named "Eagle," touched down at 2018 GMT (4:18pm ET) on July 20, 1969. A little over six hours later, at 0256 GMT, Armstrong placed his left ...

Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP

Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)

AFP despatched several journalists to cover the exploit, which was broadcast live from the Moon's Sea of Tranquility to NASA's Johnson Space Center and on to te...

Third European service module for Orion to ferry astronauts on Moon landing

Jul 18, 2019 (ESA)

The Artemis-3 mission is slated to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in 2024 and will send up to four astronauts on-board Orion to a lunar orbit where the sp...

Buzz Aldrin has landed -- for the Apollo 11 anniversary

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

Public appearances by the former astronaut, now 89, are rare. On Tuesday, he left his former Apollo 11 crewmate Michael Collins in the lurch. Aldrin declined to...

A Few Things Artemis Will Teach Us About Living and Working on the Moon

Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)

Now, for the first time in half a century, NASA's Artemis missions will allow scientists and engineers to examine the surface from up close. This will teach us ...

'One giant leap': US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

Jul 17, 2019 (AFP)

"We crew felt the weight of the world on our shoulders, we knew that everyone would be looking at us, friend or foe," command module pilot Michael Collins said ...

NASA Chief Explains Why America Hasn't Been Back to the Moon Since the 70s

Jul 17, 2019 (Sputnik)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has explained why the US suspended its manned lunar program over 40 years ago and what it will take for the US manned space p...

Humanity needs bold new space mission, Apollo legends agree

Jul 17, 2019 (UPI)

Speaking at a Cocoa Beach hotel a few miles south of Kennedy Space Center, the group praised the leadership of the Apollo era, particularly President John F. Ke...

ESA identifies demand for satellites around the Moon

Jul 17, 2019 (ESA)

These encompass everything from NASA's manned Lunar Gateway research station and cubesats from start-ups and universities to commercial landers carrying rovers....

At 82, NASA pioneer Sue Finley still reaching for the stars

Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)

Now 82, she is one of NASA's longest-serving women, starting out as one of its "human computers," whose critical yet long-hidden contributions to the space prog...

India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff

Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)

The Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- mission is part of India's ambitious space programme, and its success would have propelled the South Asian nation into...

NASA chief: 'Moon is the proving ground, Mars is the destination'

Jul 15, 2019 (UPI)

During a press conference Monday, Bridenstine said he and the president are on the same page regarding NASA's primary objectives. "Mars is the goal, the preside...

To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown

Jul 14, 2019 (AFP)

It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission control in Houston. Then, as the lunar mod...

India aims to become 4th nation to land on moon

Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)

India's space agency is making final preparations over the next three days before liftoff from an island in the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The spacecraft wi...

Maxar teams with Dynetics on power and propulsion element for Lunar Gateway

Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)

As recently announced, Maxar was selected by NASA to build and perform a spaceflight demonstration of the power and propulsion element spacecraft. The spacecraf...

Who owns the moon? A space lawyer answers

Jul 13, 2019 (The Conversation)

When people hear for the first time that I am a lawyer practicing and teaching something called "space law," the question they ask most frequently, often with a...

Solving combustion instability and saving America's first trips to the Moon

Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)

Bigger rockets with more powerful engines than the small Mercury-Redstone rocket, that launched the first two Americans into space, were needed. Bigger engines ...

Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon

Jul 13, 2019 (The Conversation)

But we need to establish guidelines to prevent unethical behaviour on the Moon, particularly regarding the use of natural resources and off-planet labour. How h...

Low-cost moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers

Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)

Just five days before the 50th anniversary of man's first lunar landing, Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- will blast off from a tropical island off Andhra ...

The machine that made the Moon missions possible

Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)

Such a failure was not an option during the Apollo missions, the first time ever that a computer was entrusted with handling flight control and life support sys...