The cave is not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago.
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The first full moon of the year graces skies Thursday night
January’s full moon, known as the wolf moon, will kick off the longest moon phase of the year.
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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
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Mainers remember the summer of ’69 – like it was yesterday
The 50th anniversaries of the moon landing and Woodstock remind us how much the events of that extraordinary season affected us.
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Donald Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Vowing to reclaim U.S. leadership in space, President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new “Space Force” as an independent service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space. Trump envisioned a bright future for the U.S. space program, pledging to revive the country’s […]
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker, dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon […]
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Super blue moon embraces Lewiston
Hundreds of crows fill the sky above Lewiston as the super blue blood moon, seen from Pagoma Lane, sets Wednesday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A pair of crows are silhouetted as the super blue blood moon, seen from Pagoma Lane, sets Wednesday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, who orbited moon, dies at 88
This undated photo made available by NASA shows astronaut Richard Gordon Jr. Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA announced Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. He was 88. (NASA via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Apollo 12 astronaut Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr., one of a […]
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SpaceX plans to fly two private citizens around moon by late next year
In this Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 file photo made available by SpaceX, their Dragon capsule sits aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula after returning from the International Space Station, carrying about 3,700 lbs of cargo for NASA. SpaceX announced Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 that it would send two paying […]