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Moon Daily Editorial Team

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The Moon Daily Editorial Team produces Moon Daily's coverage of lunar exploration and science. We report on Artemis, landers and the Gateway, commercial lunar payloads, and the science of lunar geology, regolith and water ice. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Moon Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Second blue moon of the year is last until 2020

Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 - The last blue moon until 2020 will peak in the sky at 8:37 a.m. EDT Saturday.

Mar 30, 2018

Roscosmos, NASA to set common standards for first lunar orbit station

Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018 - The Russian and US space agencies will meet next month to set out plans for mankind's first outpost in the moon's orbit, which will include a Russia-built module, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.

Mar 29, 2018

Indian space agency postpones second Moon mission to October

New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2018 - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - India's state-owned space agency - has deferred the launch of Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the moon, to October this year. The ISRO

Mar 27, 2018

India to Experiment With Igloo-like Structures on the Moon – Minister

New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2018 - Indian scientists will use robots and 3D printers to build igloo-like structures using lunar soil and other suitable materials. Indian space scientists have already finalized five designs for such l

Mar 23, 2018

New AI mapping algorithm discovers 6,000 new craters on the Moon

Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 - Wanting to make their job a little easier, researchers at the University of Toronto developed a new artificial intelligence algorithm that helped them identify 6,000 previously unseen craters on Ear

Mar 20, 2018

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Studies prove superior performance of HTS for government customers

McLean VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 - High-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations have quickly become transformative technology for satellite communications, far surpassing the bandwidth speed and throughput possible with existing sa

Mar 14, 2018

‘Luna City 2175’ will take audience to a future community grappling with how to be civilized

Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 - A good book can transport the reader into a faraway universe filled with rich detail. The ASU Emerge event will do the same thing this weekend, but the audience actually will be able to touch, see a

Mar 14, 2018

Scientists Share Ideas for Gateway Activities Near the Moon

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 - NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic and human exploration in deep space. In late 2017, the agency asked the global science community to submit

Mar 8, 2018

The moon formed inside a vaporized Earth synestia

Davis CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 - A new explanation for the Moon's origin has it forming inside the Earth when our planet was a seething, spinning cloud of vaporized rock, called a synestia. The new model led by researchers at the U

Mar 6, 2018

Research details mineralogy of potential lunar exploration site

Providence RI (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 - A detailed study of a giant impact crater on the Moon's far side could provide a roadmap for future lunar explorers. The study, by planetary scientists from Brown University, maps the mineralo

Mar 2, 2018

Study details new story for how the moon formed

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 - Simon Lock wants to change the way you think about the Moon. A graduate student in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Lock is the lead author of a study that suggests the Moon - r

Mar 1, 2018

How does water change the moon’s origin story?

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2018 - It's amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago when an object collided with the still-forming proto-Earth. This impact created a

Feb 28, 2018

On second thought, the Moon’s water may be widespread and immobile

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2018 - A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. The water

Feb 27, 2018

SwRI scientist helps characterize water on lunar surface

San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2018 - A Southwest Research Institute scientist with expertise in how water reacts with lunar soil contributed to a new study that indicates water and/or hydroxyl may be more prevalent on the Moon's surfac

Feb 26, 2018

Laser-ranged satellite measurement now accurately reflects Earth’s tidal perturbations

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2018 - Tides on Earth have a far-reaching influence, including disturbing satellites' measurements by affecting their motion. This disturbance can be studied using a model for the gravitational potential o

Feb 21, 2018

NASA’s Lunar Outpost will Extend Human Presence in Deep Space

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 - As NASA sets its sights on returning to the Moon, and preparing for Mars, the agency is developing new opportunities in lunar orbit to provide the foundation for human exploration deeper into the so

Feb 15, 2018