Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 24, 2016 - Step outside on October 16, and take a look at the moon. Not only will the moon be full, but on that day, the moon will be at it's closest point to our planet as it orbits Earth. This makes the Octo
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 18, 2016 - As seen from a path about a mile wide extending from Los Angeles, Calif., to Denver, and on to Minnesota south of Minneapolis (and further east, to Lake Superior and Labrador), the bright star Aldeb
New York (UPI) Oct 15, 2016 - A hunter's supermoon will light the sky Saturday and Sunday night, the first of three supermoons expected over the next three months.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 14, 2016 - The Moon's surface is being gardened - churned by small impacts - more than 100 times faster than scientists previously thought. This means that surface features believed to be young are perhaps e
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2016 - The Moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years, according to a study released Wednesday based on NASA data.
Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 19, 2016 - A satellite propelled by the Earth's most abundant natural resource? Yes, it's true. Cislunar Explorers, a team of Cornell University students guided by Mason Peck, a former senior official at NASA
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2016 - Russia's S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is preparing a Moon expedition on board an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft with eight space tourists interested in a trip, Energia's Genera
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 19, 2016 - The Russian state space corporation Roscosmos will spend 478 million rubles ($7.5 million) on studying issues of manned flights to the moon, data published on the Russian public procurement web port
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 10, 2016 - Lockheed Martin has just signed a contract with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a miniature infrared satellite to provide scientists with advanced imaging of the Moon
Beijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2016 - Data sent back to the Earth by Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 3 has proved for the first time that there is no water on the moon, said a Chinese astronomer. The Chang'e 3 has gathered data on the
Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2016 - China's troubled but beloved Jade Rabbit lunar rover has whirred its last, state media said Wednesday, after it bid humanity farewell on social media.
Miami (AFP) Aug 3, 2016 - US startup company Moon Express said Wednesday it had received approval from the government to send an unmanned lander to the moon next year, in a first for private industry.
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2016 - NASA's Apollo astronauts, the only humans to have travelled beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere, die disproportionately of heart and blood vessel diseases, researchers said Thursday, blaming radiation.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2016 - Engineers in Russia and the US are completing a plan for a collaborative space program. The initiative would preserve the multinational alliance developed when the International Space Station (ISS)
Providence RI (SPX) Jul 21, 2016 - Around 3.8 billion years ago, an asteroid more than 150 miles across, roughly equal to the length of New Jersey, slammed into the Moon and created the Imbrium Basin - the right eye of the fabled Man
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2016 - Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (GES) have announced a new partnership to go beyond Earth's orbit and provide a new model of low cost, high value, space exploration a
