NASA Launches Mission To Study Moon From Crust To Core
NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT Saturday…
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Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos
Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Mars’ largest moon at a distance of 100km. Source:…
Fly us to the Moon…south pole to be precise
31 March 2010 The south polar region of the Moon, with dark craters and high ridges, is a world away from the relatively smooth terrain…
China to launch second lunar probe
Beijing, China — China will launch a second lunar probe next October, state-run media reported Friday. The probe, named Chang’e-2, will orbit 60 miles (100…
NASA finds ‘significant’ water on moon
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,…
NASA set to crash on the moon, twice on friday
Two U.S. spacecraft are set to crash on the moon Friday. On purpose. And we’re all invited to watch.  NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…
On this day: 40 years ago
16 July 1969 With over half a billion people watching all over the world, Apollo 11 prepares to lift off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on…
NASA official sees cheaper route to moon
John Shannon, manager of NASA’s space shuttle program, is proposing a next-generation rocket program that he says might cost only 20% of the estimated $35…
Salt Finding from NASA’s Cassini Hints at Ocean within Saturn Moon
PASADENA, Calif. — For the first time, scientists working on NASA’s Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s outermost ring. Detecting…
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Propulsion Technology to Send Humans to Moon, Mars and Beyond
CANOGA PARK, Calif., April 6, 2009 –Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne completed a series of successful hot-fire tests for a propulsion system that could lead to…
NASA Awards Contract for Constellation Spacesuit for the Moon
WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of…
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