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Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to explore the moon.
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Overlooked Apollo data from the 1970s reveals huge record of 'hidden' moonquakes
By Harry Baker published
A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.
![The Intrepid Museum's largest temporary exhibition, "Apollo: When We Went to the Moon" is staged under the display of the prototype space shuttle orbit Enterprise.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SQitVpES7CDivgEdtMNuHH-320-80.jpg)
'Apollo: When We Went to the Moon' exhibit lands at NYC's Intrepid Museum
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Given it was navy ships that recovered the Apollo spacecraft, it is appropriate that the largest temporary exhibit ever hosted by the Intrepid is themed to the first lunar landings.
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Bulova adds limited edition meteorite dial to Apollo 15-inspired Lunar Pilot watch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
How do you enhance the connection that Bulova's Lunar Pilot watch shares with outer space? You replicate the look of the original, but replace its dial with a slice of a space rock.
![closeup of an omega speedmaster watch face, which has a background photo of the moon's surface and a small white saturn v rocket on one of its dials](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3RYhv8TEfkXmhNaKACGic-320-80.jpg)
Omega adds Saturn V seconds hand to new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon watch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Omega has returned to the 'dark side' of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there, NASA's Apollo 8 crew.
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Saturn V moon rocket art revealed for 2024 American Innovation $1 coin
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.
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For Henry Kissinger, NASA'S Apollo 11 lunar landing was about more than the moon
By Jeff Spry published
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away Nov. 29, 2023. After the Apollo 11 moon landing, Kissinger helped organize a world tour of the moonwalking astronauts.
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Inside 'Earthrise': A historian's take on the origins of the Apollo 8 'image of the century'
By Robert Poole published
The impact of Apollo 8's "Earthrise" picture – the sight of the Earth from the moon – now seems even greater than that of the first landing.
![An image of the Apollo 17 moon rock troctolite 76535.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rrydka5Vive2tx2CvrGpEW-320-80.jpeg)
Scientists find hydrogen in Apollo moon rocks, suggesting astronauts can harvest lunar water
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions suggests the presence of hydrogen, implying future astronauts could access water available right in lunar regolith.
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Frank Borman, Apollo 8 astronaut who led first flight to the moon, dies at 95
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who in 1968 led the first mission to fly humans to the moon, has died. Borman lifted off twice: on the Gemini 7 mission in 1965 and Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
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