Category Archives: Human Moon Missions

Tuesday / 10 April 2012

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Historical & Potential Future Significance Of Gemini Program

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Gemini Program May Be More Efficient  Model For Human Lunar Return Than Apollo; Many People In NASA Including Captain Pete Conrad & Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Inventor John Houbolt Argued For Lunar Gemini Program Over Apollo; SpaceX Dragon Capsule Has Been Compared To Gemini; Small Lunar Lander Design For Lunar Gemini (TL) Similar To ALOHA Chair (BL) Conceived By SpaceDev / Benson Space Company For ILO Human Service Mission  

Wednesday / 21 March 2012

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USA Human Moon Mission Plans

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Exploration Roadmap Documentation Indicates NASA Still Has Plans To Send Astronauts To Lunar Surface; Latest Con Ops Document Refers To Lunar Surface Sortie (LSS) Mission, Crew Of 4, 19-Day Mission With 7 Days On Moon; Viable In Early 2020s With Renewed Development Of Lander Vehicle (L), Political Support; Neil DeGrasse Tyson Continues Call For Increased NASA Funding, #Penny4NASA Campaign 

Weekend Edition / 10-12 March 2012

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 Inspiring Next-Gen Female Lunar Explorers

Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Veronica Osorio, internationalwomensday.com

Maria Zuber Tells 250 Female Students To “Shoot For The Moon” During International Women’s Day Event At NASA Jet Propulsion Lab; Zuber Is Chair Of Planetary & Atmospheric Studies At MIT, Principal Investigator Of GRAIL Mission Currently Studying The Gravity Field Of The Moon; To Date 55 Women Have Traveled To Space & 0 Have Traveled To The Moon

Friday / 2 March 2012

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Orion Headed To Moon For Debut Missions

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Exploration Mission 1 of SLS & MPCV Tentatively Scheduled For 17 Dec 2017; On 7-10 Day Mission Uncrewed Space Capsule Will Launch To High-Apogee Orbit, Make Trans Lunar Injection Burn For Lunar Flyby Followed By Free Return Trajectory To Test Thermal Protection Performance At High-Speed Reentry (~11km/s); EM-2, NET 2019, Will Send Crew Of 4 On Similar Mission