Kaguya

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Artist's conception of the Kaguya mission's Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.

Earthrise over the Moon, taken by the high-definition television (HDTV) camera on board the Selene orbiter of the Kaguya mission, Nov. 7, 2007.

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New space race infographic between China, India, and Japan. Asian space race, space exploration

The New Space Race

Voskhod. The first human in space. Three stills from an external movie camera on the Soviet Voskhod 2 records pilot Aleksey Leonov historic 10 min. spacewalk, March 18, 1965. Leonov extravehicular activities (EVA) was the first human to ever walk in space

The First Space Walk

After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.

7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History

Colorful winter sunset

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

Galileo spacecraft image of the Moon taken on December 7, 1992. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin. The dark areas are lava rock filled impact basins: Oceanus Procellarum (on the left), Mare Imbrium (cont'd

5 Things People See in the Moon

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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics

10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Kaguya: Media

Japanese space probe

Images

Artist's conception of the Kaguya mission's Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.

Artist's conception of the Kaguya mission's Selene spacecraft in orbit around the...

JAXA

Earthrise over the Moon, taken by the high-definition television (HDTV) camera on board the Selene orbiter of the Kaguya mission, Nov. 7, 2007.

Earthrise over the Moon, taken by the high-definition television (HDTV) camera on...

JAXA/NHK

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