Apollo
‘Seeing’ Cosmic Rays in Space
Astronauts have long reported the experience of seeing flashes while they are in space, even when their eyes are closed.…
Why Are Lunar Shadows So Dark?
[/caption] A lunar boulder catches the last edge of the setting sunlight in this image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
If the Moon Currently has Liquid Magma, Why isn’t it Erupting?
[/caption] Last year, scientists took another look at the seismic data collected by Apollo era experiments and discovered that the…
China Unveils High Resolution Global Moon Map
[/caption] Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of…
How the Moon Became Magnetized
[/caption] It's been a mystery ever since the Apollo astronauts brought back samples of lunar rocks in the early 1970s.…
Apollo Astronaut Returns “Stolen” Camera
[/caption] In a follow-up to a recent Universe Today article, Apollo astronaut and sixth-man-on-the-moon Ed Mitchell has agreed to return…
The Mission to Find the Missing Lunar Module
[/caption] Where is the Apollo 10 Lunar lander module? It's somewhere out there -- orbiting the Sun -- and there's…
Water, Water Everywhere… Lunar Samples Show More Water Than Previously Thought
[/caption] A team of NASA-funded researchers led by Carnegie Institution's Erik Hauri has recently announced the discovery of more water…
Yuri Gagarin From the Earth to Mars Tribute
[/caption] 50 Years ago, the dream of human spaceflight opened with the courageous blastoff of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside the…