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Saturn V moon rocket art revealed for 2024 American Innovation $1 coin
The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.
For Henry Kissinger, NASA'S Apollo 11 lunar landing was about more than the moon
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away Nov. 29, 2023. After the Apollo 11 moon landing, Kissinger helped organize a world tour of the moonwalking astronauts.
Inside 'Earthrise': A historian's take on the origins of the Apollo 8 'image of the century'
The impact of Apollo 8's "Earthrise" picture – the sight of the Earth from the moon – now seems even greater than that of the first landing.
Scientists find hydrogen in Apollo moon rocks, suggesting astronauts can harvest lunar water
A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions suggests the presence of hydrogen, implying future astronauts could access water available right in lunar regolith.
Frank Borman, Apollo 8 astronaut who led first flight to the moon, dies at 95
Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who in 1968 led the first mission to fly humans to the moon, has died. Borman lifted off twice: on the Gemini 7 mission in 1965 and Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
Apollo artifacts: NASA salvages parts from Alabama's rest stop Saturn IB rocket
At the very end, it was the rocket that took itself down. The Saturn IB was in the final minutes of being laid down when it fell the last 15 feet to the ground.
Mysterious magnetism in Apollo moon rocks is natural in origin, new study finds
New research finds spaceflight does not adversely affect moon rock magnetism, disproving one of two major oppositions to the moon dynamo theory.
Apollo 8: Everything you need to know
Reference In 1968, NASA's Apollo 8 mission carried the first crew beyond low Earth orbit and toward the moon, an important turning point in humanity's exploration of space.
