In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBMagnetosphere. The early Moon may have developed an internal dynamo, the mechanism for generating global magnetic fields for terrestrial planets, but today, the Moon has a very weak magnetic field. The magnetic field here on Earth is many thousands of times stronger than the Moon's magnetic field.
Lunar Spacecraft Carries Ashes, Special Tribute to Shoemaker
WEBJan 6, 1998 · 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 …
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WEBSep 3, 2024 · Peter Tlusty’s first interest in space took place when he was in elementary school watching the Saturn V lifting off sending men to the moon during the Apollo program. He received a degree in Early Childhood Education from Marymount University and began his teaching career.
10 Things: Rockets We Love-Saturn V - NASA Solar System …
WEBApr 2, 2018 · The launch of Apollo 11 —the first mission to land humans on the Moon—provided another iconic visual as Saturn-V AS-506 roared to life on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three days later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first of many bootprints in the lunar dust (supported from orbit by Michael Collins).
Excerpt from the 'Special Message to the Congress on Urgent …
WEBSpeaking to Congress and the Nation at the joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, President Kennedy said : "I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on …
WEBMany of Verne's books have been called prophetic. In his novel Around the Moon, Verne described the effects of weightlessness. He even pictured the spacecraft's fiery reentry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean—at a site just three miles from where Apollo 11 landed on return from the moon in 1969.
What Was the Saturn V? – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBSep 17, 2010 · The first Saturn V launched with a crew was Apollo 8. On this mission, astronauts orbited the moon but did not land. On Apollo 9, the crew tested the Apollo moon lander by flying it in Earth orbit without landing. On Apollo 10, the Saturn V launched the lunar lander to the moon.
WEBThis day was based on his experience on October 19, 1899, when at the age of 17, Goddard climbed a cherry tree in the back yard of his family's home. As he looked up to the evening sky, he thought of building a device that might reach the moon, or even Mars.
10 Things to Expect in Planetary Science for 2021
WEBJan 28, 2021 · First Artemis Mission to the Moon . NASA is working to send humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972. A test flight called Artemis-1 will send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth.
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBJupiter's menagerie of moons includes the largest in the solar system (Ganymede), an ocean moon (Europa) and a volcanic moon (Io). Many of Jupiter's outer moons have highly elliptical orbits and orbit backwards (opposite to the spin of the planet).