News tagged with lunar mission
How to spur energy storage innovations
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Imagine flying all the way from coast to coast, completely guilt-free, in an airplane that doesn’t emit a single particle of greenhouse gas or air pollutants. That could happen someday, perhaps brought to ...
Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientist
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday.
Japan's first lunar probe ends mission
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Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japan's first lunar probe made a controlled crash landing on the moon Thursday, successfully completing a 19-month mission to study the Earth's nearest neighbor, Japan's space agency said.
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CU-Boulder to build $6 million instrument for NASA lunar orbiter
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Jan 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO
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May 01, 2008 |
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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.
LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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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., ...
NASA Lunar Spacecraft Ships South in Preparation for Launch
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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(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's LCROSS Mission Changes Impact Crater
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) based on new analysis of available lunar data, has shifted the target crater from Cabeus A to Cabeus (proper).
China says completes 3D moon map
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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China has completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the entire surface of the moon, in an important step towards a future lunar landing, an expert involved in the project said Tuesday.
NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission
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Apr 10, 2008 |
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NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface.
NASA tests moon orbiter components
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Jan 12, 2008 |
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U.S. engineers are testing the components of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to make sure it is ready for its mission to the moon.
NASA eyes water in Moon mission
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May 21, 2009 |
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NASA on Thursday said it was on target for a June mission to scour the Moon's surface for landing sites and water that would allow humans to work and even live on Earth's nearest neighbor.
China to launch second lunar probe: state media
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Nov 27, 2009 |
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China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.
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