Moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years
Half a century after US astronauts brought it back from the moon's surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the island of Cyprus.
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Half a century after US astronauts brought it back from the moon's surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the island of Cyprus.
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About to go subsonic. - a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing the capsule down. three good main chutes for 0rion, and there it is — high over the pacific, america's new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. then splashdown. the artemis mission is complete. from tranquility base to taurus—littrow to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. we are adventurers, we are explorers, we always have a frontier, and that frontier is now to continue exploring the heavens. ground control: three, two, one... and lift—of...
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