As the first human on the Moon, Neil Armstrong famously reflected on the Earths fragility, calling it a “tiny pea, pretty and blue.” This observation captured how small and precious our planet appears ...
As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for ...
Over half a century ago, a crew of three astronauts set out from Florida on a bold mission — humankind’s first trip to the moon. By 2028, a Brown alum will help humankind return. As the launch of ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In December 2022, it will have been fifty years since humankind's last voyage to the Moon. And nations around the world have been gaining ...
The first science fiction novel about man on the Moon was written in Greek by a writer named Lucian of Samosata 2,000 years ago ...
Of all the abductions, this one is different.
Tucked away on Observatory Hill, a spectacular array of lunar photographs resides in the Harvard College Observatory’s Astronomical Photographic Glass Plate Collection. The collection holds ...