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August 2009 |
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Features How we'll return to the Moon By
James E. Oberg Four decades after the first human landing, we stand on the threshold of a second grand adventure. |
pg. 24 |
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Richard Talcott NASA has developed detailed plans for sending humans back to our nearest celestial neighbor. |
Next step Mars? By
Daniel Pendick Landing humans on the Red Planet is harder and more dangerous than you might think, but it can be done. Here's how. |
pg. 30 |
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Daniel Pendick The effects of long-term exposure to space radiation and low gravity are still uncertain. |
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Daniel Pendick The return to the Moon could be a useful steppingstone to Mars - or a costly and unnecessary delay. |
What Europe's Moon mission revealed By
Bernard H. Foing Lead Project Scientist Bernard H. Foing explains how SMART-1 served as a steppingstone for future solar system exploration. |
pg. 44 |
Asia's new assault on the Moon By
Michael E. Bakich First-ever lunar missions from Japan and China returned valuable data and laid the foundation for more ambitious exploration. |
pg. 50 |
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Michael E. Bakich To get more bang for our buck, the space agency launches two missions at once. |
Who was the real Charles Messier? By
Ronald Stoyan His catalog of deep-sky objects may be world famous, but most people don't know much about the man behind it. |
pg. 54 |
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Phil Harrington With the help of the SkyQuest XX12 reflector, finding faint deep-sky treats just got easier. |
pg. 58 |
Departments This Month in Astronomy Astro Confidential Letters Web Talk Bob Berman's Strange Universe Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics Astro News The Sky this Month Ask Astro David H. Levy's Evening Stars Stephen James O'Meara's Secret Sky Moonbows: architecture of light |
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