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Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Simulation Training Photo Collection

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(Above) Two members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the moon during a training exercise in bldg 9 on April 22, 1969. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (on left), lunar module pilot, uses scoop and tongs to pick up sample. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, holds bag to receive sample. In the background is a Lunar Module mockup. Both men are wearing Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU).

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(Above) Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (on left), lunar module pilot, uses a scoop and tongs to pick up a simulated lunar sample.

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(Above) Aldrin and Armstrong during lunar surface training exercise. Aldrin (on left) uses a scoop to pick up a sample. Armstrong holds bag to receive sample. In the background is a Lunar Module mock-up. Both men are wearing the EMU.

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(Above) Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, deploys a lunar surface television camera during lunar surface simulation training in building 9, Manned Spacecraft Center. Armstrong is the prime crew commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

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(Above) Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an EMU, participates in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the moon during a training exercise in building 9. Armstrong is the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. His is using a scoop to place the sample into a bag. On the right is a Lunar Module mock-up.

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(Above) Suited Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, participates in lunar surface simulation training on April 18, 1969, in bldg 9, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Armstrong is the prime crew commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Here, he simulates scooping up a lunar surface sample.

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(Above) Armstrong is standing beside Lunar Module mock-up, holding sample bags during training exercise in building 9 at the Manned Spacecraft Center.

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(Above) Astronaut Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, simulates deplying the Passive Seismic Experiment Package during a training exercise in building 9. A Lunar Module mock-up is in the background.

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(Above) Astronaut Neil Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), opens a lunar sample Earth return container. At the right is the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) and the Lunar Module Mockup.

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(Above) Astronaut Neil Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), gets ready to step off the Lunar Module mockup foot pad and make one giant (practice) leap for mankind.

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(Above) Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, participates in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the moon during a training exercise in building 9 on April 22, 1969. Armstrong is the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. In the background is a Lunar Module mockup.


SPACE ART: Apollo 10 LM Descending to 50,000 ft

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(Above) This painting is a North American Rockwell artist’s concept depicting the Apollo 10 Lunar Module descending to 50,000 ft for a close look at a lunar landing site.

The Command and Service modules remain in lunar orbit. The landing area is Site 2 on the east central part of the moon in southwestern Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis). The site is about 62 miles east of the rim of the crater Sabine and 118 miles west-southwest of the crater Maskelyne.


FAST FACTS: Orion 15 – Human Lunar Return

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FAST FACTS: If the Constellation Program schedule stays as planned, Orion 15 will be the Human Lunar Return Mission.  Making Orion 15/Altair 2 the first Constellation lunar landing, and the seventh manned landing in human history.


Lunar Orbit is Divine for NASA Instrument

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Diviner, an instrument that will make the first maps of the temperature on the surface of the lunar polar regions, entered the moon’s orbit this morning (June 23) aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The instrument, a nine-channel radiometer built and project-managed by JPL, will measure very cold temperatures, and, for the first time, characterize the entire thermal environment of the moon. Diviner will also produce a map showing the composition of the moon, and a map showing how rocky the moon is.

In addition to creating a comprehensive atlas of the moon’s features with detailed information about surface and subsurface temperatures, Diviner will identify cold traps and potential ice deposits, as well as landing hazards such as rough terrain or rocks to be avoided by future manned missions to the moon.

JPL designed, built and manages the Diviner instrument for NASA’s Exploration Science Mission Directorate, Washington. UCLA is the home institution of Diviner’s principal investigator, David Paige. NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md., manages the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. LRO is also a  NASA mission with international participation from the Institute for Space Research in Moscow.


SPACE ART: Lunar Module Ascent Liftoff

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(Above) This is an artist’s concept illustrating liftoff of the Lunar Module from the surface of the moon.


SPACE ART: Astronaut Salute

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(Above) This classic 1989 painting was done by Pat Rawlings for NASA. It features an American Astronaut proudly saluting the camera during an EVA, with the Moon and Mars majestically reflecting in the Astronaut’s visor.


LCROSS Sending Back Live Video From the MOON

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Watch LIVE Streaming Video Coverage of the LCROSS Lunar Swingby

The LCROSS instrumentation will send back data to Earth for approximately one hour. The first 30 minutes will contain a view of the lunar surface from an altitude of approximately 9,000 km. The video feed is set to display one frame per second. During the latter 30 minutes, the spacecraft will perform multiple scans of the moon’s horizon to calibrate its sensors. During this latter half hour, the video image will update only occasionally. The 3D visualization stream will show the spacecraft position and attitude throughout the swingby.

Camera Feeds
The live streaming coverage of the lunar swingby will consist of two separate video streams:

1. Live video feed from the spacecraft’s visible light camera at one frame per second.
2. Real-time, telemetry-based animation of the lunar swingby.

WATCH THE LUNAR SWINGBY LIVE


LRO Enters Orbit Around the Moon

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After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft’s lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

During transit to the moon, engineers performed a mid-course correction to get the spacecraft in the proper position to reach its lunar destination. Since the moon is always moving, the spacecraft shot for a target point ahead of the moon. When close to the moon, LRO used its rocket motor to slow down until the gravity of the moon caught the spacecraft in lunar orbit.

“Lunar orbit insertion is a crucial milestone for the mission,” said Cathy Peddie, LRO deputy project manager at Goddard. “The LRO mission cannot begin until the moon captures us. Once we enter the moon’s orbit, we can begin to buildup the dataset needed to understand in greater detail the lunar topography, features and resources. We are so proud to be a part of this exciting mission and NASA’s planned return to the moon.”

A series of four engine burns over the next four days will put the satellite into its commissioning phase orbit. During the commissioning phase each of its seven instruments is checked out and brought online. The commissioning phase will end approximately 60 days after launch, when LRO will use its engines to transition to its primary mission orbit.

For its primary mission, LRO will orbit above the moon at about 31 miles, or 50 kilometers, for one year. The spacecraft’s instruments will help scientists compile high resolution, three-dimensional maps of the lunar surface and also survey it at many spectral wavelengths.

The satellite will explore the moon’s deepest craters, examining permanently sunlit and shadowed regions, and provide understanding of the effects of lunar radiation on humans. LRO will return more data about the moon than any previous mission.


Apollo 13′s James Lovel Trains for Moon Walk

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(Above) Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Lovell is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator. He is carrying an Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) carrier in his right hand.


Apollo 12 Lunar EVA Training

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Astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean (Apollo 12) participate in lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulations in the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander (facing camera), simulates picking up samples. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, simulates photographic lunar rock sample documentation.


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