All those lunar landing skeptics who believe footage from the Moon was shot in a Hollywood studio will have to rethink their theories, as recent photographs taken by the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, clearly show equipment and footprints left by astronauts on Apollo 11 and 14 missions. All five Apollo landing sites will be photographed by the Orbiter, which was launched on June 18 this year and will spend at least the next 12 months mapping the Moon.
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Information published in NASA’s “Orbital Debris Report” Volume 13 Issue 2 (April 2009) shows that the orbital debris created by the collision between Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 on February 10 has created more debris than first thought.
Computer analysis of the orbits of both satellites prior to impact show that they were almost at right angles to each other and impacted at a velocity of 11 kilometers per second. Preliminary assessment shows that the orbital decay time for much of the debris field will be decades, proving a significant risk …