Spacecraft orbits around the moon

On 20 July 1969, around 600 million people stopped to watch humans first set foot on the Moon. The words, ...

Rockets launched into space can be suborbital (brief visit to space) or orbital (staying in motion around the Earth) or ...

In this activity, students view a slide show presentation introducing some rockets, their purposes and distances travelled in space.

A significant part of our nightscape, the Moon has been the subject of myths, alternative conceptions and conspiracies for decades. ...