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The first lunar sample collected by humanity comes to auction. This is the only Apollo sample that can be legally sold.

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Space History Featuring the First Lunar Sample. 5 scanning electron microscope (sem) aluminum sample stubs, each topped with approximately 10 mm diameter carbon tape containing Apollo Moon dust. The Bonhams Space History sale will present lunar dust collected by American astronaut Neil Armstrong from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 on April 13 in New York. Representing the height of … Read more

Branson family to make first voyage into space

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Branson family to make first trip on space tourism programme 528 people have been into space since Yuri Gagarin’s historic first mission. Richard Branson announced that Virgin Galactic will have 529 future astronauts signed up to join Virgin in space. British tycoon said that he and his family will be the first on board the … Read more

CleanSpace One – a Swiss satellite to tackle space junk

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Swiss aim to launch first space cleaner The Swiss Space Centre at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), a top science university, announced the launch of CleanSpace as the first installment of a family of satellites designed to clear up space debris. According to EPFL, “16,000 objects larger than 10 centimetres in diameter and … Read more