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NASA sees 'gateway' for space missions
Sep 24, 2012 (UPI)
NASA has proposed a candidate for its next major mission, a "gateway" spacecraft on the far side of the moon as a staging base for moon and Mars missions. The s...
Russia to start research base on the Moon
Sep 19, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russian cosmonauts have gained great experience working in orbit and have conducted a large number of scienti...
Protection for Moon, Mars astronauts eyed
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
Rocks on the Moon or Mars could be used to build shelters to possibly protect astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation, European researchers say. German scien...
Remains of astronaut legend Neil Armstrong buried at sea
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribut...
Memorial service honors 'man on the moon' Armstrong
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and well-wishers paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial ceremo...
Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief
Sep 12, 2012 (IANS)
India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the succe...
Russian deputy PM proposes Moon station
Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)
A top Russian official on Tuesday proposed setting up a space station on the Moon to revive Moscow's struggling space programme, a day after the prime minister ...
First man on moon to be buried at sea: Armstrong family
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
The first man on the moon will be buried at sea, a spokesman for Neil Armstrong's family said Thursday. "I suspect it will be a private service," spokesman Rick...
NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Begin Extended Mission Science
Sep 05, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's twin, lunar-orbiting Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft began data collection for the start of the mission's extended operations...
Flags at half mast across US for Armstrong funeral
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
Flags flew at half staff across the United States on Friday as family, friends and fellow astronauts gathered in Ohio to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man ...
Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater. Scientists using the Mini-RF radar on NASA's Lunar Rec...
Russia's moonshot hope 'not a dream'
Aug 30, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia has proposed a joint project with Kazakhstan and Ukraine to build a heavy rocket capable of launching manned missions to the Moon. It believes this proje...
A Blue Moon Heralds the Harvest
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Heralding the change in season, a full Moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky on August 31st for the second time this month (the first time came on August 1...
New research eclipses existing theories on moon formation
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
The Moon is believed to have formed from a collision, 4.5 billion years ago, between Earth and an impactor the size of Mars, known as "Theia." Over the past dec...
Signing out: Armstrong autographs under hammer
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
A series of autographs of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will go under the hammer this week with auctioneers wondering if the sky's the limi...
Apollo 11 capsule stirs Neil Armstrong memories, tributes
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
Coming upon the Apollo 11 capsule at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Monday, Matt Hehman did something that would have been unimaginable when N...
Tributes pour in for 'man on the moon' Armstrong
Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)
Tributes poured in Sunday following the death of Neil Armstrong, the humble US astronaut whose "small step" on the moon captivated the world and came to embody ...
Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, making him the most lauded American of the Col...
US astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
The first man to set foot on the moon, renowned US astronaut Neil Armstrong, has died, his family announced Saturday, prompting glowing tributes to his achievem...
Obama hails 'great American hero' Neil Armstrong
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama and astronaut Buzz Aldrin led tributes Saturday to the famed Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, lauding him a...
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