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NASA Details Plans for Lunar Exploration Robotic Missions
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May 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. On Thursday, the agency outlined the ...
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3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might mean
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Last week, NASA and other agencies announced results from instruments aboard three different spacecraft which all indicate that there is water present in the surface soil, or regolith, of the moon. Although ...
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 ...
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft reaches its final orbit
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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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.
New high-res map suggests little water inside moon
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed map of the Moon ever created has revealed never-before-seen craters at the lunar poles. The map is also revealing secrets about the Moon's interior -- and ...
New lunar south polar maps from SMART-1
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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Newly-released images of the lunar south-polar region obtained by ESA’s SMART-1 are proving to be wonderful tools to zero-in on suitable study sites for potential future lunar exploration missions.
Microwaving Water from Moondust (w/ Video)
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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NASA is figuring out how to make water from moondust. Sounds like magic? "No magic--" says Ed Ethridge of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center "-- just microwaves. We're showing how microwaves can extract water ...
SMART-1: Travel maps of the lunar north pole
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Dec 05, 2007 |
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A new map obtained with SMART-1 data shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. Such maps will be of great use for future lunar explorers.
Moon's South Pole: No Evidence For Ice Sheets
Oct 18, 2006 |
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Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon – images from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, P.R., and the NSF’s Robert C. Byrd Telescope in Green ...
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 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.
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