It may be that the most famous photo from the American space program is not the shot of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, but the image of the Earth seen above the moon’s horizon, an image taken from space on December 24, 1968. the crew was passed on. of Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, … Read more
William Anders, who has died aged 90, was an American astronaut who flew on what is often considered NASA’s most daring space mission; as a crew member of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three men to travel to the moon, where they spent a day in orbit and captured humanity’s first close-up … Read more
Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of the San Juan Islands in northwest Washington. Stands. Anders, 90, was confirmed by his son as … Read more
After a nerve-wracking descent and tense silence from the lunar surface, the United States is back on the moon. Odysseus, a robotic lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon’s south pole tonight (Feb. 22). It was a milestone for space exploration: No private spacecraft had ever landed softly on the moon … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the moon’s surface after experiencing unexpected problems hours before landing. “I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface and we … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the moon’s surface after experiencing unexpected problems hours before landing. “I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface and we … Read more
Japan is on the moon – at least for a few hours. The country’s robotic SLIM spacecraft landed on the lunar surface this morning (Jan. 19), marking a huge success for Japan, becoming only the fifth country to land softly on Earth’s nearest neighbor. “First and foremost, the landing was successful,” Yamakawa Hiroshi, chairman of … Read more
The recent death of Frank Borman, commander of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968, has focused attention on that incredible first trip to the moon. It took place eight months before Apollo 11, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first explored the moon’s surface. However, the impact of Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ photo – the view … Read more