New Photos From The Moon’s Surface

Gizmodo reports –

In 2013, China became the third country to land a vehicle on the moon. Now, a trove of photos from Chang’e-3’s historic expedition—35 Gigabytes in all—are easily searchable on the web. These are our first fresh images taken from the surface of Earth’s nearest neighbor in forty years.

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Apollo Photos Now On Flickr

Last week NASA posted nearly 14,000 high res photos taken by the astronauts during the Apollo moon missions. It’s a goldmine for space geeks.

See the pics HERE.

NASA Recreates The Making of ‘Earthrise’ Photo [video]

45 years ago today, Christmas eve 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 was orbiting the moon when they spotted the Earth rising above the moon’s horizon. The crew scrambled to take the iconic photo everyone knows as ‘Earthrise’. NASA recreated this moment using the original audio and stunning graphics.

Apollo 15 Astronaut David Scott Performs Simple Experiment On Moon [video]

Apollo 18 Trailer [video]

Apollo 18, to be released 4/22/11, looks to be a hit with space nerds.