first moon landing

NASA Marks Moon Landing Anniversary by Dedicating Building to ‘Women of Apollo’

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When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Building 12 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston has been renamed the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo” on the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing. | Credit: NASA NASA is honoring … Read more

Japan’s inverted SLIM lunar lander wakes up on the moon’s surface and takes new photos

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Ten days after making Japan’s first moon landing, the SLIM lunar lander suddenly wakes up again after arriving upside down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, successfully completed the first moon landing for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on January 19. However, SLIM’s solar panels were in the … Read more