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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1979
Page
9
The article explains how scientists have studied the moon to gain knowledge about its appearance, movement, and nature. It highlights that extensive research and observation have built modern understanding of our earth's satellite.
The text notes Apollo 11 crew Armstrong Aldrin and Collins on July 20 1969 and the 12 astronauts who landed on the moon through 1972. It mentions 60 miles of surface traversal 160 hours of experiments and rock and air samples. A 10th anniversary celebration is planned at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
In 1968 five Surveyor spacecraft performed soft landings with a scoop on an automatic arm, proving lunar soil could support the lander and an astronaut. In 1967 and 1968 five Lunar Orbiter missions mapped almost the entire moon, providingimages to select future landing sites.
The dark lunar plains called seas are flat basins seen on the Moon. Early astronomers mistook them for water and named several seas such as Sea of Tranquility and Ocean of Storms among others.
The moon has one sixth Earth's gravity allowing long throws and distant home runs in theory. The sky on the moon appears black with no clouds and two weeks of daylight followed by two weeks of darkness. Temperatures swing from 270 degrees in the day to minus 240 at night. The moon always faces Earth and may host future underground living. Jupiter also has several moons.
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