Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

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Nov 10, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...

LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit

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Jun 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 4

After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., ...

India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft reaches its final orbit

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Nov 13, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0

India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully reached its final operational orbit around the Moon on 12 November 2008. The spacecraft is now circling the Moon at an altitude of about 100 km.

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory

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Nov 05, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

Yesterday, following a fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.

CU-Boulder to build $6 million instrument for NASA lunar orbiter

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Jan 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a $6 million grant from NASA to build a high-tech lunar dust detector for a 2011 mission to orbit the moon and conduct science investigations of the dusty lunar surface ...

Lunar Orbit is Divine for NASA Instrument

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Jun 24, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Diviner, an instrument that will make the first maps of the temperature on the surface of the lunar polar regions, entered the moon's orbit this morning (June 23) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO

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May 01, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 3

NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.

NASA's new moon probe sends back moon shots

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Jun 24, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (8) | 5

(AP) -- NASA's new lunar probe launched less than a week ago has already sent back some shots of the moon.

Earth's Magnetic Field - A Hazard For Lunar Astronauts?

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Apr 16, 2007 | 4.6 / 5 (13) | 3

For four days every month the Moon passes through the magnetic field of the Earth and parts of the lunar surface are charged with static electricity. Next week Dr Mike Hapgood of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ...

New NASA Missions to Reach Moon Tuesday, Sending Back Live Video

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Jun 22, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two NASA spacecraft will reach major mission milestones early Tuesday morning as they approach the moon -- one will send back live streaming imagery via the Internet as it swings by the moon, ...

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's first moon images available

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Jul 02, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft at Goddard

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Aug 01, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, has completed the first round of environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. These tests ensure the ...

NASA Lunar Spacecraft Ships South in Preparation for Launch

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Feb 11, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft was loaded on a truck Wednesday to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch is targeted for April ...

NASA announces $2M lunar lander prize

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Oct 25, 2007 | 4 / 5 (5) | 1

The U.S. space agency announced it will offer $2 million in prizes to competing teams successfully demonstrating a prototype lunar lander.