News tagged with lunar landing
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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'Xombie' rocket makes first free-flight for NASA
A privately built rocket has made its first free-flight in the California desert as part of a NASA program exploring vertical landing systems for solar system exploration.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2012 |
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NASA questions Apollo 13 commander's sale of list
NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations that were crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2012 |
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China to explore Mars with Russia this year
China's first Mars probe is expected to be launched in October this year in a joint operation with Russia after a two-year delay, state media reported Sunday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2011 |
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3D Measurements of Apollo 14 Landing Site
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can we measure the size and shape of equipment and other objects on the moon using orbital images from the current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2010 |
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China to launch second lunar probe: state media
China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2009 |
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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 & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 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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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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China unveils high resolution global moon map
Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of global Moon images on Monday, Feb. 6.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 08, 2012 |
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China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism
As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 05, 2012 |
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NASA prepares for moon tourism
Pack your rockets. The newest national park may be on the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2011 |
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NASA's next generation robotic lander gets sideways during test (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During a recent test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the robotic lander prototype, known as Mighty Eagle, performed a hover test flying up to three feet and then translated, or ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2011 |
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