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Anita Mitchell recalls life with Apollo 14 astronaut in memoir; new book explores lunar flight, family life and space history

Anita Mitchell reflects on marriage to Edgar Mitchell, media pressure, and life on Earth during the Apollo 14 lunar mission.

Apollo 12 lunar module impact: NASA crash tested moon’s seismology; myth of hollowness debunked

In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts deliberately crashed the lunar module’s empty ascent stage into the Moon to create a controlled seismic signal. The impact was detected by the Passive Seismic ...
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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise ...

A NASA intern paid $218 for a lot of used tapes in 1976: inside was the ‘crown jewel’ of the Apollo 11 mission

Young engineering student Gary George acquired a lot of tapes without really knowing what he was buying. Among them were ...
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Relive NASA’s Apollo 13 disaster right now on its 50th anniversary

Apollo 13, the NASA mission that failed spectacularly to reach the moon but succeeded in saving the lives of three astronauts, launched exactly 50 years ago. And now NASA’s Apollo 13 in Real Time ...
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Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of ...
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NASA’s new Apollo 13 video puts you on a harrowing journey around the moon

NASA’s 4K visualization shows what the Apollo 13 crew saw on their way around the far side of the moon. The Apollo 13 crew was meant to land on the moon in 1970, but a technical snafu caused them to ...
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NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an important — ...
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NASA Apollo 11 Moon Rock Was Destroyed in a Fire, Records Reveal

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo ...
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50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going back

Protected inside a glass case are some precious boots. Technically called astronaut "overshoes," they seem perfectly preserved, almost pristine. But a closer look reveals bits of gray lunar dust ...
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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons ...