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Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts
Dec 14, 2017 (AFP)
Reviving an American program to explore the Moon is seen as a way to boost jobs and morale at home, while encouraging international collaboration with Europe, J...
Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The agency recorded all communications between the astronauts, mission control specialists and back-room support staff during the historic moon missions in addi...
Robot Moon Base: Beijing's New Lunar Landing Program
Dec 12, 2017 (XNA)
The base can conduct bigger, more complicated research and experiments, according to space officials who announced the plan at an international symposium in Sha...
Trump tells NASA to send Americans to Moon
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
"This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint," Trump said at a White House ceremony as he signed the new space policy directive. "We will ...
December's 'supermoon' expected to be bigggest, brightest of 2017
Nov 28, 2017 (UPI)
Public astronomer Dr. Marek Kukula at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Britain, told AGN News a supermoon is when"a full moon happens to occur when the moon is ...
Japan signals growing support for Deep Space Gateway concept
Nov 27, 2017 (Sputnik)
Tokyo believes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology in water and air purification and to protecting astronauts from ra...
Moon's crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences took to the lab to recreate the magmatic melt that once formed the lunar ...
Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon
Nov 15, 2017 (Sputnik)
Three of the six crew members of the SIRIUS project (an experiment simulating a flight to the moon) successfully carried out the first tests of the simulator of...
NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon
Nov 10, 2017 (SPX)
The first hint of potential water at both lunar poles came in 1994, with the Clementine mission flown jointly by NASA and the Department of Defense. Since then,...
China and the US are both shooting for the moon
Nov 10, 2017 (The Conversation)
In practice, the situation is much more complex. While the American and Chinese programmes are clearly not unrelated, they have a lot more to do with domestic p...
Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
The experiment is the first of several in the SIRIUS (Scientific International Research In a Unique terrestrial Station) programme, which over the course of fiv...
Low-cost clocks for landing on the Moon
Oct 27, 2017 (ESA)
The ultra-precise time-keeper was conceived by a small company in Latvia, and ESA has recognised its potential for space. "We are the Ferrari of timers with the...
Potential human habitat located on Moon
Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)
No one has ever been on the moon longer than three days, largely because space suits alone can't shield astronauts from its elements: extreme temperature variat...
Temperature of Lunar Flashes Measured for the First Time
Oct 20, 2017 (ESA)
While on Earth these rocks would burn in the atmosphere, appearing as shooting stars, on the Moon they sprint through the extremely thin layer of gases around i...
Human presence in Lunar orbit one step closer with successful RS-25 engine test
Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)
EM-2 will be the first mission to launch astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft with the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) on top of the Space Launch System (SLS). ...
NASA research suggests significant atmosphere in lunar past and possible source of water on Moon
Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)
Research completed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center planetary volcanologist Debra Needham in Huntsville, Alabama, and planetary scientist David Kring at the...
Lunar lava tube could be used as a moon mission base
Oct 19, 2017 (UPI)
In a new study published this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists confirmed the presence of a large lava tube among the Marius Hills, a...
Bigelow and ULA team up to propose a B330 Habitat in Low Lunar Orbit
Oct 19, 2017 (SPX)
"We are excited to work with ULA on this lunar depot project," said Robert Bigelow, president of Bigelow Aerospace. "Our lunar depot plan is a strong complement...
How bright is the moon, really?
Oct 18, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists put the Moon to work daily as a calibration source for space-based cameras that use the brightness and colors of sunlight reflecting off our planet t...
Ancient asteroid impact exposes the moon's interior
Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)
"The mantle of the earth is made mostly of a mineral called olivine, and the assumption is usually that all planets are like the Earth," said Jay Melosh, Distin...
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