1980: “Do or do not. There is no try.”
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
After Neil & Buzz, Pete Conrad & Alan Bean were next to set foot on the Moon, as part of this mission
Apollo 12
We've yet to get a call from one of these otherworldly beings
extraterrestrial
In 2020, NASA sponsored a public competition to help engineer a rover that could withstand the 900-degree surface temperature & crushing atmospheric pressure of this otherwise somewhat Earth-like planet
Venus
This instant orange-flavored drink was popular with kids in the '60s because astronauts used to drink it
Tang
2009: "Up ahead was Pandora. You grew up hearing about it, but I never figured I'd be goin' there"
Avatar
This man was part of the mission that first landed on the Moon, but he never did end up stepping on the Moon.
Michael Collins
To astronomers, this isn't the end of a species but the atmospheric dimming of a star when it's low on the horizon
Extinction
Since 1997 multiple Mars rovers have been operated from this Caltech lab
JPL(Jet Propulsion Lab)
Disney & NASA developed some educational games to highlight this astronaut toy's 450 days aboard the I.S.S.
Buzz Lightyear
2015:I am dipping this potato in crushed up Vicodin. And no one can stop me.
The Martian
The first picture of the other side of the Moon was taken by this Russian satellite with a similar name
Luna / Luna 3
A spacewalk is more formally called an EVA, this kind of "activity"
Extravehicular
Although the Vikram lander carrying this rover did not successfully soft land, a mission repeat is set to takeoff in early 2022.
Pragyan
At the Kremlin you can see the Cosmos oak, planted by this Soviet space hero on April 14, 1961
Yuri Gagarin
2014: “Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Interstellar
After Neil & Buzz, Pete Conrad & Alan Bean were next to set foot on the Moon, as part of this mission
Apollo 12
The speed of expulsion of a rocket's gas or other propellant is this "velocity"
Exhaust
John Young raced the LRV, this vehicle, through a "Grand Prix" test
Lunar Rover Vehicle
John Grunsfeld, grandson of a planetarium designer, flew on the 1999 shuttle mission to repair this
Hubble space telescope
1968: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that"
2001: A Space Odyssey
This item of United Nations Legislation reiterates that lunar resources are "not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means."
Moon Treaty
39 light-years from our sun, a red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 has 7 Earth-size these ; JPL says 3 of them are firmly in the habitable zone where liquid water could most likely exist
Exoplanets
In 1997 this spacecraft used airbags to land on Mars, then sent the Sojourner rover on its way.
Pathfinder
To increase brand recognition and popularity, Chevrolet set up a way for astronauts in the 50s and 60s to lease this car for the sum of $1.
Chevrolet Corvette