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Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
Jun 18, 2018 (XNA)
Two micro satellites, Longjiang-1 and Longjiang-2, were sent into space on May 21 together with the Chang'e-4 lunar probe's relay satellite from southwest China...
Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
Jun 15, 2018 (SPX)
This is significant because moganite is a mineral that requires water to form, reinforcing the belief that water exists on the Moon. "Moganite is a crystal of s...
Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
Jun 15, 2018 (XNA)
The satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge) and launched on May 21, entered the Halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the Earth-Moon system, ab...
Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
Jun 06, 2018 (SPX)
A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our planet's relationship to the moon shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hou...
SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
"A new timetable for the flight -- now postponed until at least mid-2019 and likely longer -- hasn't been released" by the California-based company, said the re...
Chinese relay satellite brakes near moon for entry into desired orbit
May 28, 2018 (XNA)
The satellite, Queqiao, braked 100 km above the surface of the Moon in line with instructions from a ground control center in Beijing, and then entered a transf...
Moonwalking astronaut-artist Alan Bean dies at 86
May 26, 2018 (AFP)
The moonwalker who went on to become a painter died Saturday in Houston after suddenly falling ill weeks before, the statement said. He was among the elite grou...
NASA: Commercial Partners Key to Sustainable Moon Presence
May 25, 2018 (SPX)
NASA is planning a series of robotic commercial delivery missions as early as 2019 ahead of a human return to the Moon. These missions will deliver NASA instrum...
Dozens of volunteers apply for joint US-Russian simulated Lunar orbital flight
May 24, 2018 (Sputnik)
The experiment is part of international SIRIUS missions, which serve to help finish preparations for deep space flights, including flights to planned lunar-orbi...
China satellite heralds first mission to dark side of Moon
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
The Queqiao ("Magpie Bridge") satellite was blasted into space from the southwestern Xichang launch centre in the pre-dawn hours, according to the China Nationa...
Dutch Radio Antenna To Depart For The Moon On Chinese Mission
May 18, 2018 (SPX)
The is instrument developed and built by engineers from ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy in Dwingeloo, the Radboud Radio Lab of Radboud Uni...
Chinese volunteers emerge from virtual moon base
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
The official Xinhua news service streamed images on its website of the would-be astronauts emerging from their temporary home, a self-contained environment simu...
Take me to the Moon
May 08, 2018 (SPX)
Newly appointed NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine, has thus been charged with fulfilling this policy objective. The last administration wanted to go to Mars, ...
Russian cosmonaut could ride US spacecraft to Moon for first mission
May 07, 2018 (Sputnik)
"Within the framework of talks, draft plans of future manned missions to the lunar stations have been made. Among other issues, the possibility to send one Russ...
NASA expands plans for Moon exploration
May 04, 2018 (SPX)
Right now, NASA is preparing to purchase new small lunar payload delivery services, develop lunar landers, and conduct more research on the Moon's surface ahead...
Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway is First Step Towards Mars - ESA Coordinator
May 02, 2018 (Sputnik)
Sputnik: NASA is planning to award the first contracts for Gateway construction next year. How big of a step is it? Philippe Schoonejans: I think it's a big ste...
China has technological basis for manned lunar landing
Apr 30, 2018 (XNA)
Human exploration of the universe would not stop in low-Earth orbit as China was drawing up the blueprint for manned space development after the construction of...
Scientists shocked as NASA cuts only moon rover
Apr 28, 2018 (AFP)
Scientists working on the Resource Prospector (RP) mission, a robotic rover that had been in development for about a decade to explore a polar region of the Moo...
Magma ocean may be responsible for the moon's early magnetic field
Apr 26, 2018 (SPX)
Scientist Aaron Scheinberg of Princeton, with Krista Soderlund from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, and Linda Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State U...
China calls for ideas on design of manned lunar landing
Apr 25, 2018 (XNA)
According to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space program, the aim is to find innovative ideas for the design of manned lunar surface landing a...
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