LCROSS Selects Crater with Best Chance of Finding Water
NASA has identified the spot where it will search for water on the moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2009
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Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
Four months after the success of Apollo 11, NASA launched Apollo 12 in November 1969. Almost exactly 40 years later, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has seen the landing site.
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2009
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Moonship Photographed by Backyard Astronomers
On June 29th, neighbors of Paul Mortfield in Ontario, Canada, heard "cheers of excitement" coming from the astronomer's house. What caused the commotion?
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2009
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NASA Details Plans for Lunar Exploration Robotic Missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. On Thursday, the agency outlined the upcoming missions ...
Space Exploration
May 22, 2009
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LCROSS Mission To Seek Water Ice on Moon Heads to Florida for Launch
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is enroute from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif., to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a ...
Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2009
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NASA Radar Provides First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2009
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