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Orion Splashes Down in Pacific, Ending NASA’s Historic Artemis 1 Moon Mission
The uncrewed Orion spacecraft performed a flawless splashdown in the Pacific Ocean this morning, in what is a very promising and exciting start to the Artemis era of lunar missions.
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Here’s What Will Happen Once NASA’s Orion Splashes Down on Sunday
Should all go as planned, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California, on Sunday, December 11 at 12:40 p.m. ET. As the uncrewed capsule bobs up and down in the open ocean, a crack team will spring into action and attempt to pull off a carefully choreographed recovery operation. Here’s…
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The First Photograph of the Entire Globe: 50 Years On, Blue Marble Still Inspires
December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever. Taken with a Hasselblad film camera, it was the first photograph taken of the…
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NASA Is Building a Robotic Arm That Can Function During the Moon’s Frigid Nights
It can get cold on the Moon — so cold in fact that these temperatures are likely to impede the abilities of some current NASA engineering. As a result, the space agency is testing out a new mechanical arm that is designed to withstand the frosty temperatures on the Moon ahead of the ongoing Artemis…