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Apollo 40th Anniversary

Humans first traveled to the moon 40 years ago.

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This Month in Exploration

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NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

11.18.09

Two key instruments from Hubble have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009.

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COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary

artist concept of COBE with COBE sky map in background

11.17.09

COBE, launched on Nov. 18, 1989, discovered evidence to support the Big Bang Theory and earned a Nobel Prize for scientists John Mather and George Smoot.

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Famed Engineer O'Malley Dies at age 94

11.13.09

Thomas O'Malley helped establish or adjust launch operations for most of NASA's human space exploration programs during his pioneering career.

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LRO Views Apollo 11 Landing Site

Now in its mapping orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its best-quality image of the Apollo 11 landing site to date.
This Month in Exploration - November

Forty years ago, Apollo 12 launched from Kennedy Space Station in Florida. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
A Final 'Goodbye' to the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel

Alumni gather to celebrate the 78-year history of the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel.
This Month in Exploration - October

Twenty-five years ago, the first woman walked in space. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
Aerospace Walk of Honor inducts James McDivitt

Retired NASA Apollo program astronaut James McDivitt was inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster City, Calif. on Sept. 19, 2009.

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News Releases

NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission

11.10.09 - NASA will hold a news conference Friday to talk about early science results from its successful moon impacting mission, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS.
NASA Live Digital Network Brings Apollo 11 Experts into Classrooms

11.09.09 - Forty years after humans first walked on the moon, NASA is offering the next generation of explorers a chance to learn how the challenges of the Apollo 11 mission were met.