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Four Out of Six Apollos

Dec 24, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Their names are now part of exploration history - Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow. They are the sites on the lunar surface visited ...

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Models of the Long March rocket at the Sichuan Science and Technology Museum in Chengdu

China plans space station with module launch in 2010

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 1

China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday.

NASA honors Apollo moon walker Buzz Aldrin

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Mar 17, 2006 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA will honor former astronaut Buzz Aldrin for his involvement in the U.S. space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award.

Scientists prepare the Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM 2) "Poisk"

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.

Historic 'moon issue' of Science freely available

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The historic 30 January 1970 edition of the journal Science, featuring analysis of the first geological samples from the Moon, is now freely available to the public to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar ...

Space station gets new research module

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.

Lunar Outpost Plans Taking Shape

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 01, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (12) | 0

NASA's blueprints for an outpost on the moon are shaping up. The agency's Lunar Architecture Team has been hard at work, looking at concepts for habitation, rovers, and space suits.

China has completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the entire surface of the moon

China says completes 3D moon map

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 29, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 1

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 Tests Rover Concepts in Arizona

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 27, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest lunar rover prototype has now gone farther than it ever has before.

NASA on Thursday said it was on target for a June mission to scour the Moon's surface for landing sites and water

NASA eyes water in Moon mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 21, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 9

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.

Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 5

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces ...

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