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Gateway to the Moon
Mar 12, 2019 (ESA)
The Multilateral Coordination Board, which oversees the management of the Space Station, stressed its common hope for the Gateway to open up a cost-effective an...
Moon's dayside water molecules migrate over the course of a day
Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)
A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters describes how LAMP measurements of the sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to the surface helped chara...
Lunar water molecules hop as surface temperature increases
Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)
Data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows that lunar water molecules can adhere to surface grains at night and through much of the day, and migr...
How a vintage film format brought 'Apollo 11' back to life
Mar 10, 2019 (AFP)
The film -- which premiered at Sundance in January but only hit US theaters this weekend -- injects new life into the most famous space mission of all time, whi...
Moon shot: Toyota, Japan space agency plan lunar mission
Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)
It will be the car manufacturer's first full-fledged entry into space exploration, after the company jointly developed a small robot sent to the International S...
Israel's first spacecraft to moon sends selfie
Mar 05, 2019 (AFP)
The image showing part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in the background was beamed to mission control in Yehud, Israel -- 37,600 kilometres (23,360 mile...
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes to work after lunar night
Mar 01, 2019 (XNA)
The lander woke up at 7:52 a.m. last Friday, and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at about 10:51 a.m. last Thursday. Both of them are in normal conditio...
Canada 'going to the Moon': Trudeau
Feb 28, 2019 (AFP)
"Canada is going to the Moon," Trudeau told a press conference that included a live video link from the International Space Station with Canadian astronaut Davi...
NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn'
Feb 28, 2019 (SPX)
Research using data from NASA's ARTEMIS mission - short for Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun - ...
Five Teams Win NASA DALI Awards to Advance Future Lunar Missions
Feb 28, 2019 (SPX)
The agency's Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation, or DALI, program recently awarded 10 teams funding to mature spacecraft-based instruments for...
Israel's first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet, which means "Genesis" in Hebrew, lifted off at 8:45 pm (0145 GMT Friday) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the private US-ba...
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
Feb 22, 2019 (SPX)
"The Moon has unique scientific value and the potential to yield resources, such as water and oxygen," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "Its proximity t...
Ingredients for water could be made on surface of moon, a chemical factory
Feb 21, 2019 (SPX)
Using a computer program, scientists simulated the chemistry that unfolds when the solar wind pelts the Moon's surface. As the Sun streams protons to the Moon, ...
SpaceIL teams with SpaceX for first first private moon lander mission
Feb 20, 2019 (UPI)
The four-legged lander, which weighs just 440 pounds without fuel, was developed by SpaceIL, a privately funded nonprofit based in Israel. The team of scientist...
Apollo gave America a reason to dream
Feb 19, 2019 (SPX)
The achievements and sometimes even technical know-how gained during this era has been forgotten or ignored. Some of the pioneers of the Apollo programs remembe...
IAU names landing site of Chinese Chang'e-4 probe on Far Side of Moon
Feb 18, 2019 (SPX)
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Statio Tianhe for the landing site where the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-4 touched ...
Israel's first lunar mission to launch this week
Feb 18, 2019 (AFP)
The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at around 0145 GMT on Friday. I...
Russia mulls offering US upgraded space vehicle for lunar orbit station supplies
Feb 18, 2019 (Sputnik)
It was reported earlier that NASA, together with other countries, plans to build a manned LOP-G station (Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway) in lunar orbit in the...
Russia mulls delivering takeoff-landing system to Moon in 2029
Feb 15, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The goal of the mission will be to deliver a takeoff/landing complex to the Moon to test the landing on its surface in order to ensure the future landing of Ru...
NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, told reporters Thursday that the agency plans to speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the moon, u...
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