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In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
While you were there, you'd notice that the gravity on the surface of the Moon is one-sixth of Earth's, which is why in footage of moonwalks, astronauts appear to almost bounce across the surface. The temperature on the Moon reaches about 260 degrees Fahrenheit (127 degrees Celsius) when in full Sun, but in darkness, the temperatures plummet to ...
Earth's Oldest Rock Found on the Moon - NASA Solar System …
2019年1月24日 · Scientists may have discovered the oldest Earth rock ever—on the Moon. A lunar sample returned by the Apollo 14 astronauts may contain a bit of Earth from about 4 billion years ago.
The first astronaut on the Moon’s surface will be 38-year-old Neil A. Armstrong of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and his initial act will be to unveil a plaque whose message symbolizes the nature of the
10 Things: Rockets We Love-Saturn V - NASA Solar System …
2018年4月2日 · On July 16, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the mammoth-sized Saturn V rocket on their way to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
Lunar Spacecraft Carries Ashes, Special Tribute to Shoemaker
1998年1月6日 · There could be no finer tribute to the legendary planetary geologist who said his greatest unfulfilled dream was to go to the moon. Tonight, the ashes of Eugene M. Shoemaker are to be launched in a memorial capsule aboard Lunar Prospector to the moon.
Moon's South Pole in NASA's Landing Sites
2019年4月16日 · NASA is working right now to send American astronauts to the surface of the Moon in five years, and the agency has its sights set on a place no humans have ever gone before: the lunar South Pole.
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Twelve American astronauts landed on the Moon during NASA's Apollo program from 1969 to 1972, studying the Moon and bringing back rock samples. Usually the term moon brings to mind a spherical object, like Earth's Moon.
Cassini Gazes at Veiled Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration
2010年9月22日 · NASA's Cassini spacecraft will swing high over Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Sept. 24, taking a long, sustained look at the hazy moon. At closest approach, Cassini will fly within 8,175 kilometers (5,080 miles) above the hazy moon's surface.
NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunter Spacecraft -- Four Years of Data
2018年4月20日 · NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data. Since the mission was restarted in December 2013, after a period of hibernation, the asteroid- and comet-hunter has completely scanned the skies nearly eight times and has observed and characterized 29,375 objects in four years of …
10 Facts about the Pioneer Spacecraft - NASA Solar System …
2022年9月30日 · Pioneer began as a Moon program in the 1950s and evolved into an increasingly more complicated spacecraft, including a Pioneer Venus mission that delivered a series of probes to explore deep into the mysterious toxic clouds of Venus.