We’re going back to the moon for the first time since 1972

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and head near the moon, with NASA ...
IFLScience

NASA Astronaut Charles Duke Left A Touching Photograph And Message On The Moon In 1972

After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever ...
The Independent

Nasa uncorking Apollo Moon sample sealed since 1972

As far as claret goes, 1972 was a dismal year for the world-famous wine. But Nasa is confident the Taurus-Littrow Valley on the Moon did not suffer the same wet growing season as Bordeaux, France that ...
Yahoo

NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches far side of moon, completes first such attempt since 1972

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA's Artemis I Orion spacecraft completed a powered flyby maneuver on the far side of the moon on Monday, bringing it just 81 miles above the surface at 7:57 a.m. ET, a move ...
Observer

In 1972, Humans Sent This Greeting Card to Aliens—One Designer Is Bringing It Back

In March of 1972, NASA launched the Pioneer 10 spacecraft to study Jupiter and go further than any human-made object has gone before. Attached to the side of the probe was a greeting card intended to ...
Daily Mail

Touchdown! NASA-backed Odysseus craft lands on south pole of moon in first US expedition since 1972 as it prepares to drill for water for upcoming manned mission

America successfully returned to the moon on Thursday, marking the first time a US-made craft touched down on the lunar surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. The $118million unmanned Odysseus ...
Forbes

NASA Picks Three Companies For The First U.S. Moon Landings Since 1972

NASA has selected three companies to send landers to the surface of the Moon, part of its ambitious new lunar programme to land humans on the surface of the Moon by 2024. Each of the companies will ...
Jalopnik

SpaceX Starship Delays Push Back First NASA Moon Mission Since 1972

Having your space ship not explode is probably something that NASA would consider to be mission critical, and SpaceX is having trouble meeting that metric. It's been a little over 50 years since NASA ...
Al Jazeera English

NASA names firms to develop rover for first crewed Moon mission since 1972

US space agency picks Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab to create designs for lunar rover. Astrolab Venturi is one of three companies chosen by NASA to create designs for the next ...
The Verge

Watch this: NASA footage of the first Landsat satellite launch in 1972

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. NASA has put together a video full of clips from 1972, the year the first Landsat satellite launched into space.
TweakTown

NASA has opened up a flawless extraterrestrial Moon rock from 1972

Just this past Tuesday, NASA opened up some lunar samples that were brought back from the Apollo 17 mission. One of those samples was an untouched Moon rock. NASA has said that the purpose of opening ...
The Independent

Nasa uncorking Apollo Moon sample sealed since 1972

Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. The US space agency is preparing to uncork a ...