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NASA’s Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon

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NASA’s Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon

The Orion capsule has made its closest fly-by of the moon and sent back detailed images of its surface and of the spacecraft rounding the far side of the moon

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Artemis moon flyby illustration

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Watch NASA’s Artemis I mission fly past the moon

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Artemis I and the moon

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NASA’s flagship Artemis I mission has flown past the moon

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A new simulation reveals an alternative explanation for the moon's formation

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Detailed simulation reveals new explanation for the moon's formation

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View of Moon limb with Earth rising on the horizon. Footprints as an evidence of people being there or great forgery. Collage. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.; Shutterstock ID 1454730908; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

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A photograph of ex-NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver

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Lori Garver on why NASA is returning to the moon for the wrong reasons

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Remastered Apollo images reveal hidden details of NASA lunar missions

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Remastered Apollo images reveal hidden details of NASA lunar missions

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Interact rover by lunar lander

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ESA's lunar rovers complete simulated moon trials on Mount Etna

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2DEWC6E Beijing, China. 2nd Dec, 2020. This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) shows Chang'e-5 spacecraft landing on the moon. China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft successfully landed on the near side of the moon late Tuesday and sent back images, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. Credit: Jin Liwang/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

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Moon rocks collected by the Chang’e 5 mission have water in them

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Lunar Plants Research Documentation, Tuesday May 18th, 2021.

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Growing plants in soil from the moon doesn't really work very well

Thale cress plants have been grown in regolith, the fine dust that covers the moon’s surface, using samples from Apollo missions – but they turn out small and stunted

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Chinese rover finds lunar soil could make oxygen and fuel on the moon

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The moon has a small but noticeable effect on climate change

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Strange swirls on the moon may be created by dips in the surface

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Double-shadowed moon craters may be coldest place in the solar system

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