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On This Day: Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon

On Nov. 19, 1969, astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, begins to step off the ladder of the lunar module to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., mission commander, in a spacewalk. Conrad and Bean descended in the Apollo 12 lunar module to explore the moon while astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the command and service modules in lunar orbit.

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:46 GMT

Hubble Spots a Squid in the Whale

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:24 GMT

Seeing the Cygnus Loop in a New Way

The Cygnus Loop (also known as the Veil Nebula) is a supernova remnant, the remains of the explosive death of a massive star.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:08 GMT

Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster Messier 72 (M72).

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:20 GMT

All Hands for Artemis III

A NASA spacesuit glove designed for use during spacewalks on the International Space Station is prepared for thermal vacuum testing inside a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cryogenic Ice Testing, Acquisition Development, and Excavation Laboratory) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Nov. 1, 2023.

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