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Chinese firm to send Spanish rover to moon in 2014
Aug 22, 2012 (XNA)
China Great Wall Industry Corporation will send a Spanish rover to the moon in June 2014, according to the Galactic Suite company which heads the "Barcelona Moo...
LRO Spectrometer Detects Helium in Moon's Atmosphere
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists using the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have made the first spectroscopic observations of the noble g...
NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies Again at Marshall
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunts...
Roscosmos Announces Tender for Moon Rocket Design
Aug 07, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender on Thursday to develop a blueprint of a heavy rocket-carrier that would be ...
US flags still on the moon, except one: NASA
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
A series of American flags that were planted on the moon during visits by Apollo astronauts some four decades ago are still standing, except for one, a NASA sci...
Another Small Step for Mankind
Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)
Last Friday, July 20th, was the 43rd anniversary of mankind's first extraterrestrial visit to another heavenly body. The moon. Apollo 11 was the result of decad...
Russia starts building Moon spaceship, eyes Lunar base
Jul 24, 2012 (XNA)
Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned Lunar missions with the first test scheduled in 2015, the project developer said Thursday. "The work has alr...
Plans to revisit Moon impeded by financial difficulties
Jul 23, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Along with pure science, these plans include significant engineering advances in order to send rovers to the Moon, and return samples from its surface. Yet desp...
Russia says no manned moon shots till 2018
Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)
Russia's timetable for manned flights to the moon has been pushed back two more years with no launches until 2018, the head of Russia's space agency said. Rosco...
ESA to catch laser beam from Moon mission
Jun 26, 2012 (ESA)
In 2013, a NASA satellite will beam digital signals to an ESA receiving station fast enough to stream dozens of movies at once. The test will help to demonstrat...
Researchers Estimate Ice Content of Crater at Moon's South Pole
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater l...
Researchers find evidence of ice content at the moon's south pole
Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)
If humans are ever to inhabit the moon, the lunar poles may well be the location of choice: Because of the small tilt of the lunar spin axis, the poles contain ...
Nanoparticles found in moon glass bubbles explain weird lunar soil behaviour
Jun 14, 2012 (SPX)
A stunning discovery by QUT soil scientist Marek Zbik of nano particles inside bubbles of glass in lunar soil could solve the mystery of why the moon's surface ...
UA Lunar-Mining Team Wins National Contest
May 31, 2012 (SPX)
In what's become a common theme in the past year, a team of University of Alabama students won a national championship. The latest championship came not on an a...
NASA Lunar Spacecraft Complete Prime Mission Ahead of Schedule
May 30, 2012 (SPX)
A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Labo...
NASA Offers Guidelines To Protect Historic Sites On The Moon
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lun...
Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview -- with an Australian accountant. The 82-ye...
Perigee Super Moon On May 5-6
May 04, 2012 (SPX)
The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealin...
European Google Lunar X Prize Teams Call For Science Payloads
Apr 30, 2012 (SPX)
The race for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is creating science opportunities for European lunar researchers. Four teams competing for the competition pre...
Russia to Send Manned Mission to Moon by 2030
Apr 30, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is planning to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on its website on Friday. According to the Russian space st...
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