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A facelift for the Moon every 81,000 years
Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)
The Moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years, according to a study released Wednesday based on NASA ...
Exploration Team Shoots for the Moon with Water-Propelled Satellite
Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)
A satellite propelled by the Earth's most abundant natural resource? Yes, it's true. Cislunar Explorers, a team of Cornell University students guided by Mason P...
At Least 8 Space Tourists Eye $150Mln Moon Trip on Board Russia's Soyuz
Aug 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is preparing a Moon expedition on board an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft with eight space tourists ...
Roscosmos to spend $7.5Mln studying issues of manned lunar missions
Aug 19, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Russian state space corporation Roscosmos will spend 478 million rubles ($7.5 million) on studying issues of manned flights to the moon, data published on t...
Lockheed Martin, NASA Ink Deal for SkyFire Infrared Lunar Discovery Satellite
Aug 10, 2016 (Sputnik)
Lockheed Martin has just signed a contract with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a miniature infrared satellite to provide scient...
As dry as the moon
Aug 04, 2016 (XNA)
Data sent back to the Earth by Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 3 has proved for the first time that there is no water on the moon, said a Chinese astronomer. The Ch...
China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover dies in blaze of online glory
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
China's troubled but beloved Jade Rabbit lunar rover has whirred its last, state media said Wednesday, after it bid humanity farewell on social media. The devic...
US company gets historic nod to send lander to moon
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
US startup company Moon Express said Wednesday it had received approval from the government to send an unmanned lander to the moon next year, in a first for pri...
Heart hazard for Apollo astronauts: study
Jul 28, 2016 (AFP)
NASA's Apollo astronauts, the only humans to have travelled beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere, die disproportionately of heart and blood vessel diseases, ...
Asteroid that formed moon's Imbrium Basin may have been protoplanet-sized
Jul 21, 2016 (SPX)
Around 3.8 billion years ago, an asteroid more than 150 miles across, roughly equal to the length of New Jersey, slammed into the Moon and created the Imbrium B...
Russian and US engineers plan manned moon mission
Jul 21, 2016 (Sputnik)
Engineers in Russia and the US are completing a plan for a collaborative space program. The initiative would preserve the multinational alliance developed when ...
SSTL and Goonhilly announce partnership and a call for lunar orbit payloads
Jul 19, 2016 (SPX)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (GES) have announced a new partnership to go beyond Earth's orbit and provide a new model of low...
Taiwan to make lunar lander for NASA moon-mining mission
Jul 18, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan is building a $47 million lunar lander as part of the first ever moon-mining project, officials said Monday. The lander, to be made by the island's Chung...
NASA camera catches moon 'photobombing' Earth
Jul 14, 2016 (SPX)
For only the second time in a year, a NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a view of the moon as it moved in front ...
Russia to spend $60M in 2016-2018 to fund space voyages to Moon, Mars
Jun 28, 2016 (Sputnik)
The project to create a nuclear-power transport module, intended to fly to the moon and Mars, will receive 3.81 billion rubles ($60 million) in funding in 2016-...
Russian Moon Base to Hold Up to 12 People
Jun 24, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian engineers are working on a project of a Moon base that will eventually hold up to 12 people, the spokeswoman of a research institute with the Russian sp...
US may approve private venture moon mission: report
Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)
The US government, in a first, is preparing to approve a private commercial space mission beyond the Earth's orbit, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The ex...
Fifty Years of Moon Dust
Jun 06, 2016 (JPL)
Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots. When President John Kennedy se...
Airbus Defence and Space to guide lunar lander to the Moon
Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA), have signed a contract for the early development of a system that will ensure the safe and precise...
A new, water-logged history of the Moon
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
After the Apollo missions scooped up rocks from the Moon's surface and brought them home, scientists were convinced for decades that they had proof our nearest ...
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