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Apollo 12 in Pictures: Photos from NASA's Pinpoint Moon Landing Mission
By Christine Lunsford last updated
NASA's Apollo 12 mission sent three astronauts to the moon in November 1969 to make the second crewed lunar landing in history. See how that mission went in photos in our photo gallery here!

Apollo Astronauts and Fast Cars: Corvette, Scott Kelly Look Back at the AstroVette
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
As Corvette and astronaut Scott Kelly unveil the new C8 Corvette for 2019, here's a at the Apollo-era "AstroVette" of 1969.

Heroes of Space: Alexei Leonov
By All About Space magazine published
Today spacewalks are an almost routine part of space exploration but the very first spacewalk by Alexei Leonov, who died last week at 85, was anything but straightforward.

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Who Was First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Leonov was on the short list to fly to the moon.

The National Archives Needs YOU to Watch a Ton of Vintage NASA Footage Online
By Meghan Bartels published
Spoiler alert: The man who cracks into the package of space-ready, bite-size cheese sandwiches does not taste one of the sickly, orange-and-white delicacies. Nor does he brave a "strawberry cube."

Before He Was a Rocket Engineer for Nazi Germany, Von Braun Was a Student Experimenting on Mice
By Meghan Bartels published
Today, Wernher von Braun is remembered as a rocket engineer who spent his career singlemindedly focused on enabling human spaceflight, first for Nazi Germany and then for the U.S.

Hail Félicette! French Space Cat Memorial Beginning to Take Shape
By Hanneke Weitering published
Fifty-six years after a cat named Félicette became the first feline to launch into space, plans to build the cosmic cat's first proper memorial are beginning to take shape.

Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year
By Leonard David published
The Soviet Union launched the Cosmos 482 Venus probe on March 31, 1972. But the failed Venus craft is crashing back to Earth soon.
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