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NASA launches spacecraft to study Moon atmosphere
Sep 07, 2013 (AFP)
NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft that aims to study the Moon's atmosphere, the US space agency's third lunar probe in five years. Blazing a red path in ...
NASA spacecraft to study Moon's atmosphere
Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)
NASA hopes to unravel more of the Moon's mysteries Friday by launching an unmanned mission to study its atmosphere, the US space agency's third such probe in fi...
Moon landing mission to use secret weapons
Sep 05, 2013 (XNA)
Multiple "secret weapons" will be used on China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe, scheduled to launch at the end of this year for a moon landing mission, a key scientist...
NASA Prepares for First Virginia Coast Launch to Moon
Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)
In an attempt to answer prevailing questions about our moon, NASA is making final preparations to launch a probe at 8:27 p.m. PDT Friday, Sept. 6, from NASA's W...
NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for OSIRIS-REx Mission
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo. to launch the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explore...
Environmental Controls Move Beyond Earth
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
It looks like the Government is not satisfied with controlling the environment on Earth. The EPA has already made it all but illegal to produce CO2. Did anyone ...
Bad night's sleep? The moon could be to blame
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Many people complain about poor sleep around the full moon, and now a report appearing in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offers some of the first co...
Moon Base and Beyond
Jul 24, 2013 (SPX)
For three centuries or more people have been writing about the Moon. In the 19th century, Jules Verne wrote a novel on the subject, From Earth to Moon. That aut...
First-ever lunar south pole mission could be attempted by 2016
Jul 23, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The launch of Man's first-ever mission to the Moon's south pole was announced by two private US companies which plan to set telescopes on top of a lunar mountai...
Engine recovered from Atlantic confirmed as Apollo 11 unit
Jul 19, 2013 (UPI)
A team that retrieved engine parts from NASA's Apollo moon missions from the ocean floor says it has confirmed one is from the Apollo 11 moon landing mission. T...
Soviet Moon rover moved farther than thought
Jul 16, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The 40-year-old distance record set by the Soviet-era Lunokhod 2 rover for driving on the surface of a celestial body other than the Earth looks safe for the ti...
Sky-gazers can expect one 'Supermoon' per month for the next three months
Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)
Weather permitting, watchers of the night sky will be set aglow by a Supermoon this evening. A Supermoon is the same, regular moon, only it appears up to three-...
Scientist says Earth may once have been orbited by two moons
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
The Earth may once have had two moons, one of them a smaller twin that collided with the moon we see orbiting our planet today, a U.S lunar scientist says. Erik...
Dust hazard for Moon missions: scientists
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
A return to the Moon could be hampered by dust, a poorly-understood threat to machines and people alike, according to a presentation at a space conference that ...
Orbiting astronaut controls robot on Earth, testing feasibility of CU-Boulder project on far side of the moon
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
n astronaut orbiting Earth in the International Space Station has remotely directed a NASA rover in California to unfurl an "antenna film" that scientists at th...
NASA Seeks Information on Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander Capabilities
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
NASA Tuesday issued a Request for Information (RFI) that will help agency officials better understand current plans in the U.S. commercial space industry for a ...
Metamorphosis of Moon's Water Ice Explained
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists have explained how energetic particles penetrating lunar soil can create mo...
Scientists use gravity, topographic data to find unmapped moon craters
Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)
Australian scientists say they've used ultra-high resolution mapping techniques to identify 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. Research...
Australian team maps Moon's hidden craters
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
Australian scientists Tuesday said they had identified a possible 280 additional craters on the Moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the...
LADEE Arrives at Wallops for Moon Mission
Jun 10, 2013 (SPX)
The NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) arrived today at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the mo...
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