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Apollo 17 And New Lunar Landings

March 3, 2023

Space-faring nations are planning new moon missions. What are their goals? Meanwhile, space agencies are also working to tackle threats from space.

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Apollo 17 Kommandant Eugene Cerman
Image: UIG/IMAGO

The USA's Apollo program brought a total of 382 kg of lunar rock back to Earth. Over 50 years later, researchers are still studying its content. We look back at those historic missions — and forward to future lunar landings.

Mond Erde
Image: YAY Images/imago images

The precious history of lunar rock

A growing number of nations are joining space exploration. But there's one destination that everyone wants to go to: our very own moon. German astronaut Matthias Maurer explains why.

 

Illustration eines Asteroides, der die Oberfläche des Planeten trifft
Image: Imago Images/Science Photo Library

 

 

Asteroid early-warning systems

66 million years ago an asteroid impact triggered a global winter and wiped out the dinosaurs. Given more recent but less drastic incidents: Do we need to be worried about a new impact?

 

Just ask! What exactly is the DART mission?

This week's question comes from Jorge Mondragon in Mexico. "DART" is a small NASA spacecraft handed a one-way mission in October 2022: to deliberately collide with an asteroid and alter its trajectory. Mission accomplished!

 

Dinosaurier Sauroposeidon proteles
Image: Corey Ford/StockTrek/IMAGO

Africa's oldest dinosaur

The oldest dinosaur ever found in Africa is remarkably similar to specimens found in South American and India. The discovery reinforces a theory that the animals settled in similar climate zones.

 

 

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