{"id":65,"date":"2026-05-14T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astro.channelznow.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:25:09","slug":"theres-400000-pounds-of-trash-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astro.channelznow.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s 400,000 Pounds Of Trash On The Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"f583b153867ec817cee43cc2e06488e0\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};\r\n  googletag.cmd.push(function() {\r\n    googletag.defineSlot('\/23139468970\/Above_Article_Content_Ad', [[480, 320], [300, 250], [320, 480], [250, 250], [336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1779278359113-0').addService(googletag.pubads());\r\n    googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();\r\n    googletag.enableServices();\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/23139468970\/Above_Article_Content_Ad -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1779278359113-0' style='min-width: 250px; min-height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1779278359113-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Moon\u2019s surface is strewn with many man-made items, from spacecraft to bags of urine to colossal plaques. Most are spacecraft, quite 70 vehicles altogether dispersed over the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do the subsequent items have in common?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 American flags<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 pairs of shoes<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A photograph of Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke\u2019s family<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you guessed that these are all among the things on the moon, then you&#8217;re correct. In total, the moon has over 400,000 pounds of artificial material, and that we humans constantly boost that pile. Humans crash probes into the moon\u2014a tedious method for bringing unmanned missions to an in-depth. And these crashes often leave behind lots of trash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But is that this trash a controversy, or simply the price of doing space travel?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weighing in is Jerry Linenger, a former NASA astronaut. He was the only real American on board the Russian orbiter Mir, which survived the worst fire in space exploration history. He\u2019s also the author of \u201cOff the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the things mentions above, here\u2019s a rough list of stuff on the moon, in line with The Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 70 spacecraft, including rovers, modules, and crashed orbiters<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TV cameras<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film magazines<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numerous Hasselblad cameras and accessories<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several improvised javelins<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various hammers, tongs, rakes, and shovels<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backpacks<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insulating blankets<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utility towels<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Used wet wipes<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal hygiene kits<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empty packages of space food<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A feather from Baggin, the Air Force Academy\u2019s mascot falcon, accustomed conduct Apollo 15\u2019s famous \u201chammer-feather drop\u201d experiment<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small aluminum sculpture, a tribute to the American and Soviet \u201cfallen astronauts\u201d who died within the space race \u2014 left by the crew of Apollo 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A patch from the never-launched Apollo 1 mission, which ended prematurely when flames engulfed the module during a 1967 work out, killing three U.S. astronauts<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small silicon disk bearing goodwill messages from 73 world leaders, and left on the moon by the crew of Apollo 11<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A silver pin, left by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A medal honoring Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and astronaut<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cast golden offering left by the crew of Apollo 11<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moon\u2019s surface is strewn with many man-made items, from spacecraft to bags of urine to colossal plaques. Most are spacecraft, quite 70 vehicles altogether dispersed over the lunar surface. 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