Apollo 15 – Open Space Science

The Flight that Saved Apollo Science

August 25, 2021December 12, 2021 Mark Kidger2 Comments

Fifty years ago this month, Apollo 15, the first of the big science missions landed on the Moon, took amazing images on the lunar surface, did a record four EVAs (Extra-vehicular Activities, although only three were actual moonwalks, with Commander Dave Scott doing a stand-up EVA to survey the lunar surface around the landing site [...]

A Return to the Moon, in More Ways than One?

September 30, 2020September 22, 2020 Mark Kidger2 Comments

NASA is gearing-up in a big way to return to the Moon. As of now, and COVID-19 permitting, the first flight of the new Artemis programme that will take astronauts back to the Moon will be in November 2021, with a Moon landing planned for October 2024. AArtemis I is planned to be a long-duration [...]