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Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry
Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)
The question of the moon's moistness matters because the amount of water and other volatile (easily evaporated) elements and compounds provide clues to the moon...
Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project
Aug 21, 2017 (Sputnik)
"The automatic interplanetary station Luna-25 will be the first mission of the Russian lunar program. The aim of the project is to create an automatic explorer ...
Reality Bites for Google Lunar X-Prize
Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)
When it was announced in 2007, the GLXP was an inspiration. It gave publicity and credibility to the rapidly emerging "new space" movement, which has spawned do...
Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers from MIT and Rutgers University report that a lunar rock collected by NASA's Apollo 15 mission exhibits si...
Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
"The Earth's magnetic field is a shield that protects us from dangerous solar wind particles and ionizing radiation, so magnetic fields play a key role in the h...
Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
In a paper published in EPJ Plus, Marco Tantardini and Enrico Flamini from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) make the case for taking part in the robotic phase of ...
NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
NASA's Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies, or PSDS3, program recently selected a team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to f...
Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon
Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)
A big success could pave the way for scheduled flights to deliver scientific and exploration equipment, to exploit lunar soil resources and commercial potential...
United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
"Astrobotic is thrilled to select a ULA launch vehicle as the means to get Peregrine to the Moon," said John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic. "By launching with ULA...
How Light Looks Different on the Moon and What NASA Is Doing About It
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
On Earth, shadows in otherwise bright environments are dimly lit with indirect light from these tiny reflections. That lighting provides enough detail that we g...
Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior
Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists had assumed for years that the interior of the Moon had been largely depleted of water and other volatile compounds. That began to change in 2008, wh...
Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
"We found the signature of the lunar interior water globally using satellite data," Shuai Li, co-author of a study by scientists at Brown University in the Unit...
Living in Deep Space: Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar Habitat
Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)
Under a public-private partnership, NASA recently awarded Lockheed Martin a Phase II contract for the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (Next...
Neil Armstrong moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York
Jul 20, 2017 (AFP)
The outer decontamination bag, which was flown to the moon on Apollo 11 and still carries traces of moon dust and small rock, was sold on the 48th anniversary o...
How to rescue a Moonwalker in need
Jul 07, 2017 (ESA)
Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-...
Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030
Jun 30, 2017 (AFP)
This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station, an agency spo...
Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon
Jun 29, 2017 (Sputnik)
According to the NHK broadcaster, the JAXA proposed the plan to the panel of the country's Science Ministry responsible for discussion of Tokyo's efforts in the...
Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions
Jun 16, 2017 (Sputnik)
Xu Yansong, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said on Wednesday that China and Russia were...
New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts
Jun 12, 2017 (ESA)
Studies such as NELIOTA are important because Earth and its Moon are constantly bombarded by natural space debris. Most of this material ranges in size from dus...
Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers
May 25, 2017 (SPX)
"The core concept behind our work is using water as rocket fuel," said project manager Kyle Patrick Doyle. "It's something that we've been looking at for a long...
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