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LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

LCROSS Impact Finds Water on the Moon

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (31) | 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of scientists ...

NASA unveils latest results from lunar mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 15, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific ...

How to spur energy storage innovations

Other Sciences / Other

Dec 17, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

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 ...

How the Moon produces its own water

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 15, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing ...

Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 11, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (28) | 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans ever create a lunar base, one of the biggest challenges will be figuring out how to breathe. Transporting oxygen to the moon is extremely expensive, so for the past several years ...

China is set to launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media have reported

China to launch second lunar probe: state media

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

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.

Astronomers Detect Sodium Gas Ejected by Lunar Impact

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 12, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (21) | 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston University astronomers announced today observations of a cloud of sodium gas ejected from the Moon’s surface as a result of the NASA impact experiment that was part of its Lunar Reconnaissance ...

New NASA temperature maps provide 'whole new way of seeing the moon'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (14) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's first-ever moon temperature-mapping effort has returned its first data.

NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 11, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth ...

Beyond Apollo: Moon Tech Takes a Giant Leap

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 09, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (13) | 12

The flight computer onboard the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the Moon during the Apollo program, had a whopping 4 kilobytes of RAM and a 74 KB "hard drive." In places, the craft's outer skin was ...

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's first moon images available

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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 ...

Asteroid attack 3.9 billion years ago may have enhanced early life on Earth, says CU-Boulder study

Asteroid Attack 4 Billion Years Ago May Have Accelerated Life on Earth

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (13) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given ...

Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 25, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (13) | 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...

Chandrayaan-1 starts observations of the Moon

Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientist

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 02, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (26) | 76

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.