News tagged with lunar mission
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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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.
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Jan 02, 2011 |
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New Australian footage of Neil Armstrong's moon walk
Long-lost footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module will be screened in public for the first time in Sydney next week, a prominent astronomer told AFP.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2010 |
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New NASA temperature maps provide 'whole new way of seeing the moon'
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's first-ever moon temperature-mapping effort has returned its first data.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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US lunar pull-out leaves China shooting for moon
China aims to land its first astronauts on the moon within a decade at the dawn of a new era of manned space exploration -- a race it now leads thanks to the US decision to drop its lunar programme.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2010 |
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China's second lunar probe enters moon orbit: media
China's second lunar probe entered the moon's orbit on Saturday, eight days after the Long March 3C rocket carrying the Chang'e-2 blasted off from the launch centre, state media reported.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2010 |
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The hunt for the lunar core: Deep interior of moon resembles Earth's core
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon, Earth's closest neighbor, has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2011 |
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China launches second lunar probe (Update 2)
China on Friday celebrated 61 years of communist rule with the launch of its second lunar probe -- the next step in its ambitious programme to become the second country to put a man on the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Twin NASA craft launched to study insides of moon
A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what's inside Earth's orbiting companion - all the way down to the core.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2011 |
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Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two papers in this week's issue of Science report the first oxygen and nitrogen isotopic measurements of the Sun, demonstrating that they are verydifferent from the same elements on Earth. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Twin probes to circle moon to study gravity field
The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 26, 2011 |
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China says manned space station possible around 2020
China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Taking a deeper look at lunar soil, with X-ray vision
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a new imaging technique, materials scientists open a window on the moon's geological history.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 04, 2010 |
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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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China tests space station module to launch in 2011
(AP) -- China has finished the first module of a planned space station and is testing its electronics and other systems before launching it into orbit next year.
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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