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Study details new story for how the moon formed
Mar 01, 2018 (SPX)
Along with Lock, the study, published February 28 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, is co-authored by Sarah Stewart (UC Davis), Michail Petaev (Harva...
How does water change the moon's origin story?
Feb 28, 2018 (SPX)
For years, scientists thought that in the aftermath of the collision hydrogen dissociated from water molecules and it and other elements that have low boiling t...
On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile
Feb 27, 2018 (SPX)
The findings could help researchers understand the origin of the Moon's water and how easy it would be to use as a resource. If the Moon has enough water, and i...
SwRI scientist helps characterize water on lunar surface
Feb 26, 2018 (SPX)
"Water on the Moon is of intense interest for many reasons," said SwRI's Dr. Michael Poston, a coauthor of the paper, "Widespread Distribution of OH/ H2O on the...
Laser-ranged satellite measurement now accurately reflects Earth's tidal perturbations
Feb 21, 2018 (SPX)
The LAser RElativity Satellite (LARES), is the best ever relevant test particle to move in the Earth's gravitational field. In a new study published in EPJ Plus...
NASA's Lunar Outpost will Extend Human Presence in Deep Space
Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)
The platform will consist of at least a power and propulsion element and habitation, logistics and airlock capabilities. While specific technical and mission ca...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Captures New Earth-Moon Image
Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)
Earth is the largest, brightest spot in the center of the image, with the smaller, dimmer Moon appearing to the right. Several constellations are also visible i...
New study sheds light on moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth
Feb 09, 2018 (SPX)
The research sets parameters on how quickly the Moon could have receded from the Earth and suggests that the nascent planet's hydrosphere was either non-existen...
India Prepares For Second Lunar Mission with Chandrayaan-2
Feb 08, 2018 (Sputnik)
The objective for the venture is to explore the lunar south pole. Dubbed Chandrayaan-2, the spacecraft is expected to take an estimated one to two months to rea...
UCF Seeks New Way to Mine Moon for Water
Feb 08, 2018 (SPX)
Data suggests the moon has water locked away in its icy soil, especially at the moon's poles. The challenge is finding an effective and inexpensive way to get i...
Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual 'moon base'
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
Four students crammed into a 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin called "Yuegong-1" -- Lunar Palace -- on the campus of Beihang University, testing the l...
CubeSats for hunting secrets in lunar darkness
Jan 25, 2018 (ESA)
The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Orbiter, or Lumio for short, would circle over the far side of the Moon to detect bright impact flashes during the lunar night, mappi...
Russia at work on new station, lunar trips: says top rocket scientist
Jan 24, 2018 (Sputnik)
The ISS participants have agreed to maintain the program until 2024, but it is unclear what will happen afterward. In April last year, Igor Komarov, director ge...
Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
Jan 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
The document describes all aspects of Luna-21 spacecraft and Lunokhod-2, lists all difficulties that the mission encountered and the solutions that were found. ...
Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
Jan 15, 2018 (SPX)
The new pits were identified on the northeastern floor of Philolaus Crater, a large, 43 mile (70 km)-diameter impact crater located at 72.1oN, 32.4oW, about 340...
Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
Jan 11, 2018 (Sputnik)
TeamIndus was one of the sixteen finalists for the Google Lunar X Prize mission announced in 2017, often referred to as "Moon 2.0," is a challenge that calls fo...
Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time
Jan 05, 2018 (SPX)
"Going back to the moon is a bigger project than a lot of people think," said Expedition 54 Flight Engineer Scott Tingle, who joined fellow NASA astronaut Mark ...
China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018
Jan 02, 2018 (XNA)
The first part of China's Chang'e 4 space mission will launch in June. A Long March 4C rocket will carry a 425kg relay satellite and station it some 60,000km be...
China solicits messages to be sent to moon
Dec 26, 2017 (XNA)
The relay satellite will be launched in the first half of 2018 and Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the latter half of next year, according to the center affiliated wit...
Thales Alenia Space signs 3 contracts for NASA's deep space exploration
Dec 17, 2017 (SPX)
Based on a public-private partnership model, the next step for human spaceflight is the development of deep space exploration capabilities to expand architectur...
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