Apollo 11 At 50

The National Air and Space Museum has opened an Apollo 11 exhibit.

Thia year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing.

Growing Glacierr

A new study finds a glacier on Greenland is growing, not shrinking, due to a colder North Atlantic current.

Scientists were surprised, but say the growth is temporary.

Pence

Vice President Mike Pence has announced the U. S. should return astronauts to the Moon within five years.

He argues the U. S. must maintain its dominance in space.

Old Stars

Astronomers have found some of the oldest stars in the universe in the central bulge of the Milky Way.

The stars are 12.8 billion years old.

Chafee

Northrup Grumman is naming an ISS supply ship after astronaut Roger Chafee.

Chafee died in the Apollo 1 fire, never having reached space.

Speeding Up

The National Space Council, according to executive director Scott Pace, should push NASA to return to humans to the Moon sooner than planned.

Vice President Mike Pence chairs the NSC.

Pulsar

Scientists have found a pulsar streaking away from a supernova explosion at about 2.4 million miles an hour.

The explosion happened about 10,000 years ago.