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How Many People Have Walked on the Moon?
The Apollo Missions and Lunar Landings The Apollo missions were a series of space missions undertaken by NASA between 1969 and 1972 with the primary goal of landing humans on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth. These missions were a culmination of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. During…
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How Many Miles to the Moon?
How Astronomers Measure the Distance to the Moon Astronomers use a variety of methods to measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon. One of the most accurate methods involves bouncing a laser beam off a mirror that was left on the Moon’s surface by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The process, known as Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR),…
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