lunar

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They analyzed 15 samples from Earth and six lunar samples returned by the Apollo missions.

From Science Daily

In what’s known as a penumbral lunar eclipse, the full moon passed within the outer part of Earth’s shadow, causing the moon to dim only slightly.

From Seattle Times

One of the key uses of Starship will be as the lunar lander during NASA’s Artemis III mission, which is to take astronauts to the moon’s surface near the south pole.

From New York Times

The devices included high-resolution and microscopic cameras, a thermal imager and a Langmuir probe, which researchers would have used to study how charged particles affect lunar dust.

From Scientific American

The company, called ispace, tracked the descent of its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander until seconds before the scheduled landing in Atlas crater, after which it lost contact.

From Science Magazine