posted 09-08-2013 04:43 AM               

This is an Australian import that includes fantastic photographs and information about all of the Apollo missions plus more.

Today, America’s destiny in space is focused on a different world. Hundreds of millions of kilometres from the Earth and Moon, a new generation of space explorer has embarked on a modern journey of discovery. NASA’s six-wheeled, nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory – also known as Curiosity – has begun a multi-year mission on the surface of the Red Planet, searching for signs that Mars might once have had – or may still have now – conditions suitable for simple forms of life to exist.

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last manned mission to the Moon, and the beginning of Curiosity’s mission, Moon & Mars takes a look back at the history of lunar and Mars missions, and a look into the future of space exploration, and asks … where will we be 40 years from now?