OTD in space - May 13: Apollo spacecraft launches for abort test

On May 13, 1964, NASA launched the second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. This uncrewed mission would demonstrate that the launch escape system could safely eject the Apollo command module in ...
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Touching down on the moon: How Apollo missions did it and how the Artemis program might do ...

Unlike a gentle splashdown in the Earth's oceans or even a touchdown on Mars, landing on the Moon comes with a set of ...
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NASA、半世紀ぶりの有人月探査「アルテミスII」--2026年2月にも ...

宇宙飛行士が最後に月を訪れてから50年以上が経過したが、かつての「アポロ計画」ほど人々の心を沸き立たせる米航空宇宙局（NASA）のミッションは、これまでほとんどなかった。だが今、NASAは新たな月探査計画を打ち出している。早くて2026年2月に予定さ ...
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Meet the Moon Trees: Apollo 14 astronaut carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in ...

More than five decades ago, Apollo 14 carried an unusual payload into deep space when hundreds of tree seeds accompanied the mission on its journey around the Moon. While astronauts Alan Shepard and ...