Moon Phases
Moon Phases Sunlight is responsible for both day and night on Earth and for the different phases of the Moon as seen from Earth. View the project
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Mission to the Moon
Mission to the Moon On July 16, 1969, three astronauts embarked on a mission to reach the moon. Four days later, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on an extraterrestrial body. John Noble Wilford, who covered the Apollo 11 mission for The New York Times, narrates a look [...]
Getting There: 1969 and 2020
Getting There: 1969 and 2020 NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon by 2020 using two new rockets that evoke the design of the Saturn V, the rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon 40 years ago. View the interactive graphic