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The Apollo 15 mission landed astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irvine onto the surface of the Moon on the 30th July 1971. The mission visited an area on the nearside of the Moon, to the SW corner of the Imbrium … Continue reading
On the 26th July 1971, the Apollo 15 mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with David Scott (commander), Alfred Worden (command module pilot) and James Irwin (lunar module pilot) on board. A few days later, the Apollo 15 lunar lander … Continue reading
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What is your favourite space mission? We’re hosting #MissionCup2021 over on our @EarthSolarSystm Twitter account from Thursday 4th Feb. Join us to vote for your favourites from midday each day, and help choose which mission will be crowned champion. T-8 … Continue reading
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The journey a magma takes through the crust and during eruptive processes has been well studied on Earth in places such as in Iceland and Hawaii. However, magmatism is a fundamental planetary-scale process that occurs on many rocky bodies throughout … Continue reading
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“Surely there is nothing left to learn from the Moon?” As a lunar scientist this is one of the easiest questions to answer, along with “the Moon landings were faked weren’t they?” NO, the Moon landings were not faked. NO … Continue reading
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