Apollo

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The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with a powerful photo of Earth setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The events of last night had echoes of the Apollo programme.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Apollo set the distance from Earth record in 1970.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

We dashed toward a display featuring a pair of Neil Armstrong’s gloves worn during his Apollo 11 mission.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas