News tagged with lunar landing
China says completes 3D moon map
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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientist
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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Moon Rock Turns Out to be Fake
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dutch national Rijksmuseum made an embarrassing announcement last week that one of its most loved possessions, a moon rock, is a fake -- just an old piece of petrified wood that's never ...
Space flight panel can't fit lunar mission into NASA budget
When President Barack Obama named a panel to review NASA's manned space program, his aides said privately they were hoping the group would recommend scrapping NASA's troubled Ares I rocket program and finding ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Apollo 11 crew: Aldrin likes spotlight, 2 shun it
(AP) -- In the 40 years since Apollo 11, some of the key players, most notably Neil Armstrong, have steered clear of the increasingly bright glare of the moonlight cast by the historic lunar landing. Others ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Museum battles to preserve moon suits for posterity
They have travelled further than any fashion item on Earth, surviving a hostile environment and extremes of heat and cold on a world far from ours. But now age is catching up with NASA spacesuits.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Forty years ago man first walked on the moon
Forty years ago on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong realized the oldest dream of human civilizations when he became the first man to walk on the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2009 |
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European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS
The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2009 |
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Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Four Out of Six Apollos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Their names are now part of exploration history - Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow. They are the sites on the lunar surface visited ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 24, 2008 |
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