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Russian Firm Develops Project of Reusable Spacecraft for Lunar Missions
May 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's state company Energia has developed a project of reusable manned Ryvok spacecraft for delivery of cargo and cosmonauts to the Moon, the company's repre...
SwRI scientists discover fresh lunar craters
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters - one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years ol...
NASA research gives new insights into how the Moon got inked
May 05, 2016 (SPX)
A powerful combination of observations and computer simulations is giving new clues to how the moon got its mysterious "tattoos" - swirling patterns of light an...
First rocket made ready for launch at Vostochny spaceport
Apr 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has been installed at Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome's launch site ahead of its first space launch, Russia's Federal Space Agency...
Supernova iron found on the moon
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
A dying star ends its life in a cataclysmic explosion, shooting the majority of the star's material, primarily new chemical elements created during the explosio...
Russia to shift all Lunar launches to Vostochny Cosmodrome
Apr 15, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia will stop using the Soviet-era Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for lunar launches, according to Russian-based Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia...
Lunar lava tubes could help pave way for human colony
Apr 08, 2016 (Sputnik)
Scientists have found evidence that the Moon's underground could have long tunnels of volcanic origin, which could potentially be repurposed to house human colo...
The Moon thought to play a major role in maintaining Earth's magnetic field
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
The Earth's magnetic field permanently protects us from the charged particles and radiation that originate in the Sun. This shield is produced by the geodynamo,...
Moon Mission: A Blueprint for the Red Planet
Mar 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
A human colony of astronauts could be living on the Moon by 2022, thanks to modern technology making missions cheaper, according to NASA scientists. The Apollo ...
The Lunar Race That Isn't
Mar 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
Politics, lobbyists, and corruption set back US space program to pre-1960s capacity despite scientific and technological advances that should lead to advances t...
Ancient Polar Ice Reveals Tilting of Earth's Moon
Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)
New NASA-funded research provides evidence that the spin axis of Earth's moon shifted by about five degrees roughly three billion years ago. The evidence of thi...
Earth's moon wandered off axis billions of years ago
Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)
A new study published in Nature reports discovery of a rare event - that Earth's moon slowly moved from its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago. Planetary...
Permanent Lunar Colony Possible in 10 Years
Mar 15, 2016 (Sputnik)
Living on the Moon may become a reality sooner than anticipated as astrophysicists have assessed that a permanent lunar base is logistically feasible for humans...
China to use data relay satellite to explore dark side of moon
Mar 04, 2016 (XNA)
China will launch a data relay satellite to ensure communication between Earth and the lunar probe during an expedition to the far side of the moon, Ye Peijian,...
NASA May Return to Moon, But Only After Cutting Off ISS
Feb 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
In responding to criticism that NASA has lost its direction under the Obama administration, space policy expert John Logson still believes that while mistake we...
Lunar love: When science meets artistry
Feb 26, 2016 (SPX)
ASU professor hopes Smithsonian exhibition of LROC team's striking images gets people excited about returning to the moon. Sometimes you get the party started b...
New Lunar Exhibit Features NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Imagery
Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)
Images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. beginning Feb. 26 The new exhi...
NASA releases strange 'music' heard by 1969 astronauts
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
NASA has made public a recording of strange "music" that astronauts reported hearing in 1969 while on the far side of the Moon, out of radio contact with the Ea...
NASA chooses ASU to design and operate special satellite
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
It's difficult to imagine a shoebox on the forefront of scientific discovery. However, that's exactly what a group of researchers at ASU's School of Earth and S...
Chinese scientists invent leak detection system for moon exploration
Feb 17, 2016 (XNA)
Chinese scientists have developed a system to measure the leak rate for a vacuum environment which will be used in the country's third step moon exploration pro...
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