American Lunar Missions | Drew Ex Machina

21 Aug

2014

August 21, 2014

The Original Lunar Observatories

The landing of Chang’e 3 on the Moon on December 14, 2013 rightfully received a lot of attention not only because it was China’s first landing […]

Astronomical Instruments, Astronomy, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Manned Spaceflight, Spaceflight

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1970s, American Lunar Missions, Apollo 16, Apollo Program, Lunar Observatories, Lunokhod 1, Lunokhod 2, NPO Lavochkin, RAE-2, Scientific Satellites, Soviet Lunar Missions, Space observatories

2 Aug

2014

August 2, 2014

Vintage Micro: The Pioneer 4 Lunar Probe

Not all that long ago, the web was filled with articles and postings in celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. What is […]

Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight

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1950s, American Lunar Missions, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno II, Military & Intelligence Space Programs, Miniaturized Satellites, Pioneer 3, Pioneer 4, Pioneer Program, Vintage Micro

28 Jul

2014

July 28, 2014

The Mission of Ranger 7

Looking at NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) which has been in orbit around the Moon since 2009, people today might take it for granted that lunar […]

Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight

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1960s, 50 Years Ago Today, American Lunar Missions, Atlas-Agena, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ranger 6, Ranger 7, Ranger Program