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Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2

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Jan 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

When last month's full Moon rose over Florida, onlooker Raquel Stanton of Cocoa Beach realized that something was up.

Biggest Full Moon of the Year

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Dec 10, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (22) | 5

No, you can not see Neil Armstrong's footprint. But go ahead and look: The full Moon of Dec. 12th is the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year.

Return-to-moon plan gets boost on Capitol Hill

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Sep 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's weakened return-to-the-moon program has gotten a lift on Capitol Hill. The head of a special expert panel conceded to Congress on Tuesday that the moon program could work if given enough money. That would ...

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.

3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might mean

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Sep 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

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 ...

China says completes 3D moon map

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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.

Vanguard I celebrates 50 years in space

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Mar 13, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (11) | 0

The Vanguard I satellite celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Its launch on March 17, 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, culminated the efforts of America’s first official space satellite program begun in September 1955. ...

Astronomers Detect Sodium Gas Ejected by Lunar Impact

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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 ...

Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding

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Dec 17, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 4

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs.

Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan. The flyby will take place ...

Moonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankind

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Oct 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both - in the name of science.

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