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- As for the lack of a crater, Launius said the astronauts didn't need to use a large blast to slow themselves down, because the moon's gravity is roughly one-sixth that of Earth's. "It was more of a gentle landing," he said.
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Mar 1, 2024 · More than 50 years after the Apollo era, major governments and well-funded private companies still struggle with lunar landing missions. Why is landing on the moon so hard in 2024?
Dec 16, 2022 · When the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 50 years ago, they were the last humans to visit the Moon. NASA’s Artemis program is set to return humans to the Moon, but not for two to three years from now.
Feb 21, 2024 · More than 50 years after humans first began soft-landing spacecraft on the moon, it remains a treacherous feat with more than half of missions failing. Here’s why.
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Sep 17, 2024 · The biggest challenge, even though the U.S. has already been to the moon, is that we haven’t been to the moon recently. “We stopped, and then we forgot,” he says. “We stopped, and then we ...
Apr 4, 2023 · NASA. On July 20th, the Eagle lander separated from the Comand Module, Columbia, and descended to the moon’s surface. The Eagle had just 25 seconds’ worth of fuel when it touched down. The...
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Jul 19, 2019 · NASA had already sent humans to the Moon, and the United States was universally viewed as the global science superpower. How would landing more men and women on the Moon change that?
Nov 10, 2017 · Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald looks at some of the reasons why getting to the moon now, decades later, is harder than ever. This week marks 50 years since the first flight to the moon.
