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The Moon drifts 3.8 cm away every year

Tidal friction slowly pushes the Moon outward and lengthens our days. In the age of dinosaurs a day lasted about 23 hours.

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The first Moon footprints may last millions of years

Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon on 20 July 1969. With no wind or rain, those bootprints in the dry lunar dust can survive for millions of years.