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AS16-114-18422 (21 April 1972) --- A view of Plum Crater, which was visited by the two moon-exploring crewmen of the...
Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong works with an Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container during a two-and-a-half-hour...
S70-20418 (December 1969) --- Enlarged view shows cosmic dust on broken glass particles, photographed by Dr. G. J....
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, speaks to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right,...
S70-20417 (December 1969) --- Enlarged view shows hypervelocity impact of cosmic dust on broken glass particles,...
This image shows comet Tempel 1 six minutes before it ran over NASA Deep Impact probe at 10:52 a.m. Pacific time,...
S72-53471 (November 1972) --- The Infrared Scanning Radiometer, Experiment S-171, one of the lunar orbital science...
This is the Apollo 17 insignia or logo. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the...
Welcome to a special edition of NASA Science Live. NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers...
Artist’s concept of the Local Scientific Survey Module (LSSM), one of two designs for a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV),...
S71-40085 (July 1971) --- An enlarged Lunar Orbiter photograph of the Apollo 15 landing area in the Hadley-Apennine...
AS08-14-2431 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- This is a near vertical photograph of the lunar surface taken with a telephoto...
AS08-14-2432 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- This is a near vertical photograph of the lunar surface taken with a telephoto...
NASA is going to the Moon and on to Mars, in a measured, sustainable way. Working with U.S. companies and...
NASA is going to the Moon and on to Mars, in a measured, sustainable way. Working with U.S. companies and...
PATRICK AFB, Fla. – In preparation of the nation’s first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 crew members arrive at...
PATRICK AFB, Fla. – In preparation of the nation’s first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 crew members arrive at...
Lunar Science Forum Student Poster competition Second place award to Kickapoo High school Team for the poster 'using...
AS13-60-8703 (11-17 April 1970) --- This outstanding view of a near full moon was photographed from the Apollo 13...
Since 2009, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has spotted hundreds of conspicuous holes on the Moon. These...
Our first wheels on the Moon. On the Apollo 15 mission, the Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts to cover a...
Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 prime crew commander (right), takes a drive in the One-G Lunar Roving Vehicle...
AS17-134-20473 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the Lunar...
Artist’s concept of a dual mode Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the Lunar surface. This represents the Bendix version...