🌕 This Week in Space 144: The Great Lunar Armada: Rod Pyle & @tariqjmalik discuss 2025’s moon missions, SpaceX, Blue Origin, India’s SPADEX, and advanced lunar landers like Blue Ghost & Nova-C. 🚀✨ #SpaceExploration #MoonMissions 🎧 https://buff.ly/40FFgTH

Venus Unleashed? New evidence suggests volcanic activity on Venus, shaking our understanding of this mysterious planet. This could be a game-changer for planetary science.

#Venus #PlanetaryScience

Meanwhile, astronauts are training for their next giant leap! ‍

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https://www.sci.news/space/volcanically-active-venus-12969.html#google_vignette

Lighting Up the Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Craters https://www.universetoday.com/166936/lighting-up-the-moons-permanently-shadowed-craters/ #spaceexplorationtechnologies #permanentlyshadowedcrater #lunarcraters #moonmissions #solarenergy #astronauts #reflector #waterice #artemis #water #moon

#Apollo11 (#SaturnV SA-506 rocket) launched from #KennedySpaceCenter's Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander #NeilArmstrong, Command Module Pilot #MichaelCollins and Lunar Module Pilot #Edwin "#Buzz" #Aldrin on a journey to the #Moon. #NeilArmstrong and #BuzzAldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the #Moon's surface.

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On July 20, 1969, Astronauts #NeilArmstrong and #BuzzAldrin became the first #Earth humans to step onto the lunar surface. Together they collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material for return to Earth. An estimated 650 million Earth humans watched this historic event. #Apollo11 set the stage for continued exploration of the #Moon.

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“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

54 years ago #Today, this moment marked a turning point in history.

#Apollo11 was the #Apollo program mission that landed the first #Earth humans on the #Moon.

Learn about the Apollo 11 mission + explore media galleries and more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html

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#ArtemisII is #NASA’s first crewed mission using the #SpaceLaunchSystem and #Orion spacecraft. It will test the spacecraft’s systems in deep space and pave the way for future lunar missions. It aims to establish long-term lunar capabilities and inspire the next generation of explorers.

Learn more about Artemis II: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii/

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I am a very proud Canadian today! Jeremy Hansen will be a member of the #ArtemisII team heading to the Moon. It is so important that missions exploring our solar system environment (and eventually, much further) involve international partners, to cement the reality that #space is for us all! #Artemis #Canada #NASA #MoonMissions https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/110135721657827730

Introducing the #ArtemisII crew (R-L, clockwise): Hansen, Wiseman, Koch, Glover. These astronauts will embark on a journey around the #Moon and lay the groundwork for future missions to the lunar surface and human exploration of #Mars.

Learn more:
• https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii/
• https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

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#Artemis will enable astronauts to discover new areas of the #Moon's surface. In order to ensure safety for astronauts during trips to the Moon, #Mars and beyond, it's crucial that we comprehend the impact of space travel on human physiology: https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/bodyinspace

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The #ArtemisIII mission, set for 2025, will be humanity's first time back on the lunar surface in over half a century. This mission will make history by sending the first people to explore the area near the South Pole of the #Moon.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-iii

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#NASA #Michoud is currently working on the #SLS for #ArtemisIII. The liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks, engine section, forward skirt, and intertank sections of the core stage, have all achieved significant progress recently.

Learn more about Artemis III: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-iii

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#Apollo11 (#SaturnV SA-506 rocket) launched from #KennedySpaceCenter's Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander #NeilArmstrong, Command Module Pilot #MichaelCollins and Lunar Module Pilot #Edwin "#Buzz" #Aldrin on a journey to the #Moon. #NeilArmstrong and #BuzzAldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the #Moon's surface.

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On July 20, 1969, Astronauts #NeilArmstrong and #BuzzAldrin became the first #Earth humans to step onto the lunar surface. Together they collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material for return to Earth. An estimated 650 million Earth humans watched this historic event. #Apollo11 set the stage for continued exploration of the #Moon.

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“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

This moment marked a turning point in history.

#Apollo11 was the #Apollo program mission that landed the first #Earth humans on the #Moon.

Learn about the Apollo 11 mission + explore media galleries and more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html

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#Apollo17: Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above.

Photo 1, left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans

Photo 2: Cernan salutes the U.S. flag

Photo 3: Schmitt working next to Tracy's Rock

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December 11, 2022: The #ArtemisI test flight to the #Moon has concluded and has returned to #Earth.

December 11, 1972 (50 years ago): #Apollo17 landed on the lunar surface. The mission brought the #Apollo program to its apex, and it remains the most recent instance of humans setting foot on the Moon.

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The #Orion spacecraft has returned to #Earth with a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. This marks the end of its mission and the beginning of new opportunities for space exploration. Congratulations to the team that make up #ArtemisI!

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Live view of the #Earth from a distance of 15,000 miles away. #Orion will be home soon.

I never tire of seeing the stunning blue hues of Earth from space. It's a reminder of the incredible beauty of our home planet and our responsibility to protect and take care of it.

“On it … everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of … lived out their lives…”

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