The exact date is not yet known. The event will take place in a very remote location in the South Pacific ocean. The team, which includes a group of dedicated scientists and space enthusiasts, plans to fly alongside the deorbit path of Mir and view its explosive contact with, and passage through, the earth s atmosphere. It also enjoys growing popularity among high school and college students and faculty. The module, unavailable in printed form, is intended to be used online via the World Wide Web.
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After 30 years, the Lunar Orbiter photographs remain the principal reference set of images for the scientific study of surface landforms on the Moon. Although we ve had other missions to the Moon, this collection of Lunar Orbiter photographs has never been surpassed in terms of sheer photographic quality. And now, in a cleaned-up digital form, they look better than ever. Browse through the images on this site and discover the beauty and wonder of our nearest neighbor in space. And start learning the geography of the Moon it will be mankind s first off-Earth home in the solar system.