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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Science

New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag

3:00PM Rosa Golijan | It’s blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it’s there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More »
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Newly Discovered Hole On Moon Leads To Network Of Tubes

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Images have revealed a hole on the Moon’s surface that is at least 80 metres deep and may lead to an underground tunnel more than 365 metres wide which is part of an entire network of such winding tubes. More »
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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NASA To Take Photos Of Lunar Landing Sites, End Conspiracy Theories

5:59AM Jesus Diaz | Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites: More »
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NASA Lunar Orbiter Sends Most Detailed Moon Images Yet

1:30AM Jesus Diaz | While Ulysses dies in the solitude of space, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now alive and fully awake, sending these ultra-detailed images from the Moon’s Mare Nubium region. Go on and zoom in. It’s actually made of cheese. More »
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