Ha, how did that get there?
On March 4, a rocket booster is predicted to crash — accidentally — onto the lunar surface.
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Researchers don’t know these items’ exact locations, but they are scattered somewhere near where astronauts set up base 50-plus years ago.
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Once the Apollo program ended, that didn’t stop us from making a landfill out of the Moon — or outer space in general.
Ever heard of the Lunar Olympics? Astronauts snuck golf clubs to the Moon during Apollo 14 and took a few swings on the lunar surface. Once they finished, they left the balls behind.
Though the astronauts only discarded empty barf bags, there is human poop still sitting on the Moon today — 96 bags of it.
A few pairs of boots, or overshoes, that astronauts wore to walk on the Moon for the first time are still sitting on the lunar surface.
Not the kind you’d use in the kitchen. Spring-loaded and up to 32 inches long, these tongs helped astronauts collect rocks on the Moon.
In 2019, the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft crashed into the Moon with thousands of tardigrades on board. The creatures are known to weather extreme conditions — so there’s a chance they could still be alive.