The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after being propelled toward the moon by a powerful rocket. Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.

Some were lost during missions, others deliberately dumped, all of them now part of the growing problem of space debris.

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...

Without the looming threats of long-term health issues, NASA could use moon dust to build its base on the surface.

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