October 06, 2025
Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have diameters of 14 miles and 7.5 miles, respectively. (For comparison, Earth’s Moon has a diameter of 2,159 miles and Manhattan Island is about 14 miles long.)
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The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, and it’s been a source of human fascination since prehistoric times. In fact, during nine Apollo missions, 24 astronauts (all Americans) have gone to the Moon, and 12 of them walked on it. As part of the Artemis space program, launched in 2017, NASA aims
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