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Study reveals origin of organic matter in Apollo lunar samples
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
A team of NASA-funded scientists has solved an enduring mystery from the Apollo missions to the moon - the origin of organic matter found in lunar samples retur...
All-female Russian crew starts Moon mission test
Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)
Six Russian women on Wednesday clambered into a mock spaceship to begin a unique experiment testing how an all-female crew would interact on a trip to the Moon ...
Russia touts plan to land a man on the Moon by 2029
Oct 28, 2015 (Sputnik)
A manned lunar landing by Russian cosmonauts is planned for 2029, the head of the Russian Space Agency Energia said Tuesday. "A manned flight to the moon and lu...
Watch worn by US astronaut on Moon sells for $1.6 mn
Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)
An exceptionally rare watch worn by an American astronaut on the Moon which bears remnants of lunar material has sold for more than $1.6 million, a US auction h...
Europe-Russia Lunar mission will make them friends again
Oct 21, 2015 (Sputnik)
Despite the current freeze in relations between Russia and the West, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, plan to launch a pr...
Mound near lunar south pole formed by unique volcanic process
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
A giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research by Brown Univ...
Lunar Pox
Oct 07, 2015 (ESA)
The pockmarked landscape captured in this image from ESA's SMART-1 mission is the surface of our Moon. Some of the many craters scattered across the lunar surfa...
Space startup confirms plans for robotic moon landings
Oct 03, 2015 (UPI)
California-based space exploration startup Moon Express has signed a deal with Rocket Lab to commence a series of lunar launches starting in 2017. CEO Bob Richa...
Asteroids found to be the moon's main 'water supply'
Oct 02, 2015 (SPX)
Water reserves found on the moon are the result of asteroids acting as "delivery vehicles" and not of falling comets as was previously thought. Using computer s...
Russian scientist hope to get rocket fuel, water, oxygen from Lunar ice
Sep 28, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russian scientists are currently studying lunar ice, hoping to get hydrogen rocket fuel, water and oxygen from the moon, Igor Mitrofanov from the Russian Academ...
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Dance with Eclipses
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
On the evening of Sept. 27, 2015, into the early morning of Sept. 28 EDT, operators of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will wait as Earth blots out th...
China to rehearse new carrier rocket for lunar mission
Sep 22, 2015 (XNA)
A Long March-5 carrier rocket on Sunday was shipped from North China's Tianjin port for a rehearsal of a scheduled Chang'e-5 lunar mission around 2017. It will ...
NASA's LRO discovers Earth's pull is 'massaging' our moon
Sep 16, 2015 (SPX)
Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's L...
Moon's crust as fractured as can be
Sep 11, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists believe that about 4 billion years ago, during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment, the moon took a severe beating, as an army of asteroids pe...
China aims to land Chang'e-4 probe on far side of moon
Sep 10, 2015 (XNA)
China is planning to be the first country to land a lunar probe on the far side of the moon, a Chinese lunar probe scientist said Tuesday. The mission will be c...
China Plans Lunar Rover For Far Side of Moon
Sep 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
China hopes to send a rover to the far side of the moon, which would be the first time humanity lands a lunar probe there, a scientist from the Chinese governme...
Russia Eyes Moon for Hi-Tech Lunar Base
Sep 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
More than four decades after humans last walked on the moon, Russian space agency Roscosmos is sending a robotic spacecraft to the moon to scope out potential l...
Russia Gets Ready for New Moon Landing
Aug 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's Space Research Institute is building a space probe to send to the Moon, which will allow Russian scientists to carry out scientific research on the Moo...
ASU chosen to lead lunar CubeSat mission
Aug 27, 2015 (SPX)
A spacecraft the size of a shoebox with Arizona origins will soon be orbiting our nearest neighbor to create a map of water-ice on the moon. The NASA-selected C...
Russia's moon landing plan hindered by financial distress
Aug 25, 2015 (XNA)
Russia's moon landing project among other space programs will face further budget cuts and even risk of closure following the government's austerity measures, a...
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