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Spacecraft Named by Bozeman Students to Crash Into Moon

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:44:30 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) – NASA’s latest moon mission is about to meet its end. Twin spacecraft are poised to hit a mountain near the moon’s north pole Monday afternoon after nearly a year in orbit. NASA planned this crash to avoid striking the Apollo landing sites or any other place on the moon with special [...]

Grandma Raided in NASA Sting For Trying to Sell Moon Rock

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:28:44 +0000

NASA officials recovered a tiny piece of a moon rock in a raid targeting a 74-year-old woman who tried to sell it at a California Denny’s restaurant.

The raid was the result of a five month investigation into the missing lunar material that netted a “speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice.”

Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for Final Mission [PHOTOS]

XL Country — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:56:04 +0000

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning. Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported. The four-member crew is embarking on a 12-day mission in which they’ll deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The space shuttle program was commissioned by President [...]