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Core work: Iron vapor gives clues to formation of Earth and moon
Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)
Recreating the violent conditions of Earth's formation, scientists are learning more about how iron vaporizes and how this iron rain affected the formation of t...
Application of laser microprobe technology to Apollo samples refines lunar impact history
Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)
It's been more than 40 years since astronauts returned the last Apollo samples from the moon, and since then those samples have undergone some of the most exten...
US Issuing Licenses for Mineral Mining on Moon
Feb 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United States government is taking a new and early approach to spur commercial development of space. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started i...
NASA releases video of the far side of the Moon
Feb 08, 2015 (UPI)
NASA has released a video showing what it looks like on the side of the moon humans can't see from Earth. Often referred to as the "dark" side of the moon, the ...
LRO finds lunar hydrogen more abundant on Moon's pole-facing slopes
Feb 05, 2015 (SPX)
Space travel is difficult and expensive - it would cost thousands of dollars to launch a bottle of water to the moon. The recent discovery of hydrogen-bearing m...
Service module of China's lunar orbiter enters 127-minute orbit
Jan 14, 2015 (XNA)
The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter entered a 127-minute orbit on Tuesday after three orbital transfers since Sunday. To decelerate the cr...
Service Module of Chinese Probe Enters Lunar Orbit
Jan 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
The service module of China's unmanned test lunar spacecraft successfully entered orbit in Sunday after slowing down, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center repor...
Chinese spacecraft to return to moon's orbit
Jan 06, 2015 (XNA)
The service module of China's unmanned lunar orbiter is scheduled to return to the moon's orbit in mid-January for more tests to prepare for the country's next ...
Russian Company Proposes to Build Lunar Base
Jan 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
A privately owned Russian company called Lin Industrial has announced that it is capable of constructing a lunar base. The projected cost of constructing a firs...
'Shooting the Moon' with Satellite Laser Ranging
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
Laser ranging from Earth to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was a milestone in the 50-year history of satellite laser ranging. Launched in 2009 and st...
Moon Express testing compact lunar lander at Kennedy
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies that will help send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. To achieve t...
UK Plans to Drill Into Moon, Explore Feasibility of Manned Base
Dec 09, 2014 (Sputnik)
UK scientists have put forward goals for the country's recently-proposed Lunar Mission One program, the BBC reported on Monday. The researchers plan to drill 10...
Why we should mine the moon
Dec 01, 2014 (The Conversation)
To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though tha...
Carnegie Mellon Unveils Lunar Rover Andy
Nov 27, 2014 (SPX)
Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature swings and high radiation en...
Young Volcanoes on the Moon
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
Back in 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts orbiting the Moon photographed something very odd. Researchers called it "Ina," and it looked like the aftermath of a volcani...
Russia Preparing Joint Moon Exploration Agreement With EU
Nov 25, 2014 (Sputnik)
Scientists from Russia and the European Union are preparing an agreement on joint exploration of the Moon, Lev Zelyony, director of the Space Research Institute...
U.K. group to crowd-source funding for moon mission
Nov 19, 2014 (UPI)
A group in the United Kingdom aims to launch a lunar probe and study the moon using money raised on crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Lunar Mission One is curr...
After Mars, India space chief aims for the moon
Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)
India now has its sights set on low-budget missions to the moon and the sun after becoming the first country in Asia to reach Mars, the head of its space agency...
China examines the three stages of lunar test run
Nov 04, 2014 (XNA)
China's experimental lunar orbiter, which blasted off just over a week ago, entered the moon's orbit as part of an eight-day mission. The trial run paves the wa...
China gears up for lunar mission after round-trip success
Nov 04, 2014 (XNA)
The head of China's lunar probe program has called for a thorough analysis of data collected from the test lunar orbiter, which returned Saturday, to speed up w...
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