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Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie "Apollo 13," has died at the age of 97,

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Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men

Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just six remain.

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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.

NASA boss calls for nuclear reactor on Moon

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) · 3h

Analysis: Why NASA is planning to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon and what the law says

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.

NPR · 1d

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a sudden sprint, this isn’t exactly breaking news. NASA and the Department of Energy have spent years quietly developing small nuclear power systems to power lunar bases,

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China's lunar lander aces touchdown and takeoff tests ahead of planned 2030 crewed moon mission (video)

"For our manned space missions, we must ensure that astronauts land on the lunar surface very comfortably and smoothly." ...

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Moonquakes threaten future Moon bases

As if hard vacuum, intense cosmic radiation, corrosive dust, meteors, and temperatures whiplashing hundreds of degrees ...

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Apollo 13 moon mission leader, played by Tom Hanks in iconic movie, dead at 97: ‘He was our Hero’

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

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China Announces Breakthrough in Planned Moon Landing

The China Manned Space Agency announced that its manned lunar lander—named Lanyue, which means embracing the ...

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Texas-based Firefly made history with its moon landing. Here’s how it’s fueling its next adventures

Firefly Aerospace made history in March as the first commercial firm to land a spacecraft upright on the moon. Now, the ...

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Senegal joins space pact shaping the next era of Moon missions

Senegal doesn’t have astronauts or a Moon mission – but it now has a seat at the table where the future of space is being shaped. It has joined the Artemis Accords, a US-led agreement laying down the ...

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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...

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