Moon

Space News January 2, 2012

Lockheed Martin and NASA Place Two Grail Spacecraft Into Orbit Around the Moon

DENVER, January 1st, 2012 — Both of NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The…

Space News September 11, 2011

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…

Space News January 24, 2011

Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos

Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Marsâ€™ largest moon at a distance of 100km. Source:…

Space News March 31, 2010

Fly us to the Moonâ€¦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…

Space News November 28, 2009

China to launch second lunar probe

Beijing, ChinaÂ — 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…

Space News November 13, 2009

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,…

Space News October 8, 2009

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.Â Â NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…

Space News July 16, 2009

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…

Space News July 2, 2009

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…

Space News June 24, 2009

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…

Space News April 8, 2009

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Propulsion Technology to Send Humans to Moon, Mars and Beyond

CANOGA PARK, Calif., April 6, 2009 â€“Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne completed a series of successful hot-fire tests for a propulsion system that could lead to…

Space News February 27, 2009

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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