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 50th Anniversary of the Final Apollo Moon Landing
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted December 2, 2022

50th Anniversary of the Final Apollo Moon Landing

The NASA Apollo Program accomplished six successful Moon landings in less than four years. Apollo 11 and 12 landed in 1969, Apollo 14 and 15 in 1971, and Apollo 16 and 17 in 1972. There were [...]

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 Artemis 1 Aims for The Moon!
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted August 23, 2022

Artemis 1 Aims for The Moon!

After nearly a decade of designing, building, and testing, The Artemis 1 Mission is now ready to launch. NASA is currently targeting Monday, August 29, 2022, as the first liftoff date. September [...]

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 Pioneer 10: First to Jupiter
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted July 15, 2022

Pioneer 10: First to Jupiter

On March 2, 1972, NASA launched Pioneer 10, its first space probe to the planet Jupiter. No previous space probe had ever ventured out this far. It carried eleven different scientific [...]

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 Roving the Lunar Highlands: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted April 7, 2022

Roving the Lunar Highlands:
The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16

April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 lifted off the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The destination for this fifth lunar landing was a region in the Descartes Highlands area of the Moon. [...]

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 A New Window on the Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope is Ready to Launch
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted December 9, 2021

A New Window on the Universe:
The James Webb Space Telescope is Ready to Launch

After years of planning and testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is finally nearing its launch date. The telescope is named for James E. Webb, who was the administrator [...]

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 A New Dragon gets its Wings! Crew 3 Endurance Prepares to Launch as Crew 2 Endeavour Returns to Earth
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted November 9, 2021

A New Dragon gets its Wings!
Crew 3 Endurance Prepares to Launch as Crew 2 Endeavour Returns to Earth

The Dragon Spacecraft named Endeavour returned to Earth on Monday, November the 8th with a nighttime splash down off the Florida coast at 10:33 p.m. EST. The [...]

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 October 4, 1957:  The Dawn of the Space Age!
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted October 4, 2021

October 4, 1957:
The Dawn of the Space Age!

It was 64 years ago that the space age truly began with the launch of the first artificial orbital satellite. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957, from [...]

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 A Beagle At The Moon: Apollo 10 Paves The Way For A Lunar Landing!
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted May 18, 2021

A Beagle At The Moon:
Apollo 10 Paves The Way For A Lunar Landing!

On May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the only Apollo mission to launch from Launch Complex 39B. The purpose of the Apollo 10 [...]

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 Splashdown!  Crew 1 Returns and NASA Celebrates 60th Anniversary of The First American in Space
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted May 4, 2021

Splashdown!
Crew 1 Returns and NASA Celebrates 60th Anniversary of The First American in Space

On Sunday, May 2, the astronauts of NASA’s Crew-1 mission returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 2:56 a.m. EDT off the coast of Panama City, Florida. Crew-1 launched on [...]

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 Endeavour Spacecraft Ready to Soar Again!
By Scott Norman
In Articles
Posted April 16, 2021

Endeavour Spacecraft Ready to Soar Again!

With a crew of four aboard, the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft named Endeavour is poised to take flight for the second time on Friday morning, April 23 at 5:49 a.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in [...]

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