Why go back to the Moon?
On September 12, 1962, then US president John F Kennedy informed the public of his plan to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
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News tagged with moon rocket
NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch
Third time's the charm? After two failed attempts, NASA was readying to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane.
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Nov 15, 2022
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Japan launches rocket carrying lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of universe
Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander.
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Sep 7, 2023
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Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph
Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface.
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2022
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NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again.
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Jul 4, 2022
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NASA suspends work on Moon rocket due to virus
NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its Artemis manned mission to the Moon due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the community.
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2020
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A rocket is going to crash into the moon: Accidental experiment on the physics of impacts in space
On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into the surface of the moon at nearly 6,000 mph. Once the dust has settled, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will move into position to get an up-close view ...
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Mar 1, 2022
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NASA: Intense work under way on rocket for future moonshots
Crews are working around the clock at a NASA rocket factory, intent on meeting a new fall 2020 deadline to test launch a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts to the moon and beyond, a space agency official said Friday.
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Jun 29, 2019
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US Moon lander 'permanently' asleep after historic landing: Company
An uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the moon has met its ultimate end after failing to "wake up," the company that built it said.
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Mar 25, 2024
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Study of WE0913A moon impactor shows it was a Chinese booster rocket with an unknown object attached
A team of aerospace and mechanical engineers from the University of Arizona, California Institute of Technology, Project Pluto and the Planetary Science Institute has found evidence strongly suggesting that the March 4, 2022, ...
