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Dating the moon-forming impact event with meteorites
Apr 22, 2015 (SPX)
Through a combination of data analysis and numerical modeling work, researchers have found a record of the ancient Moon-forming giant impact observable in stony...
Japan to land probe on the moon in 2018
Apr 21, 2015 (UPI)
Japan's space agency announced plans on Monday to send an unmanned lander probe to the moon by fiscal year 2018. The mission will be Japan's first attempt to vi...
Japan planning moon mission: space agency
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
Japan plans to launch an unmanned mission to the moon as a stepping stone to a future visit to Mars, officials and local media said Monday. The Japan Aerospace ...
Yutu finds Moon still active in old age
Apr 19, 2015 (XNA)
Findings from China's first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit which is the only scientific probe to land on the Moon in almost 40 years, are rewriting lunar histo...
Manned Moon Flight Planned For 2030
Apr 16, 2015 (Sputnik)
The lunar flight program for 2028-2029 will be unmanned, but putting a man on the moon is scheduled for 2029-2030, the head of Russia's space agency said Tuesda...
A new view of the moon's formation
Apr 12, 2015 (SPX)
Within the first 150 million years after our solar system formed, a giant body roughly the size of Mars struck and merged with Earth, blasting a huge cloud of r...
Moon formed when young Earth and little sister collided
Apr 08, 2015 (UPI)
It's long been believed that Earth's moon was formed by a significant planetary collision with a Mars-like protoplanet called Theia. Now, a new study suggests t...
Will the moon's first inhabitants live in giant lava tubes?
Apr 06, 2015 (UPI)
The moon's first long-term inhabitants will require especially protective shelter. Cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures and the occasional meteorite impacts m...
Soft Landing on the Moon an Extraordinary Challenge
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
Chinese Chang'e 3 spacecraft on Dec. 14, 2013 became the first probe to soft land on the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. Other missions could fol...
Stop blaming the moon
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
"It must be a full moon" is a common refrain when things appear more hectic than usual. The moon is even blamed when things get crazy at hospital emergency room...
Extent of Moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed
Mar 22, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have produced a new map of the Moon's most unusual volcano showing that its explosive eruption spread debris over an area much greater than previousl...
Extent of moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have produced a new map of the Moon's most unusual volcano showing that its explosive eruption spread debris over an area much greater than previousl...
Yutu Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About Our Moon
Mar 19, 2015 (Sputnik)
The "Jade Rabbit" discovered at least 9 subterranean layers beneath the lunar surface, 5 more than was previously thought. Scientists believe the layers are a r...
NASA's LRO Spacecraft Finds March 17, 2013 Impact Crater and More
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the surface. On March...
Private companies asked to join moon program
Mar 19, 2015 (XNA)
China will open its lunar exploration program to private enterprises in an attempt to boost technological innovation and break State-owned companies' monopoly i...
Moon crater named for aviator Amelia Earhart
Mar 17, 2015 (UPI)
One of the largest craters on the moon was only recently discovered, thanks to the hard work of scientists at Purdue University. The crater's discovery was anno...
Russia Plans to Adapt New Angara-5 Rocket for Flights to the Moon
Mar 15, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's new Angara-A5 carrier rocket could be modified for use in future Moon missions, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Thursday. "We recommend that the Kh...
Russia Plans to Start Moon Exploration Jointly With Partners
Mar 15, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia plans to start exploring Earth's moon alongside partners from other states, a senior Russian space official said Thursday. Last month, Russian space agen...
Billionaire Teams Up with NASA to Mine the Moon
Mar 12, 2015 (Sputnik)
Another player in the field of commercial space travel, a California-based company just made a major stride toward the creation of the first commercial robotic ...
China Gets One Step Closer to Completing its Ambitious Lunar Mission
Mar 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
China successfully tested unmanned docking on the lunar orbit this week to determine whether key technology planned to be used in its Chang'e-5 mission to the M...
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