Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2015 - The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter entered a 127-minute orbit on Tuesday after three orbital transfers since Sunday. To decelerate the craft enough for it enter its targ
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 13, 2015 - The service module of China's unmanned test lunar spacecraft successfully entered orbit in Sunday after slowing down, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center reported. According to instruction, t
Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2015 - The service module of China's unmanned lunar orbiter is scheduled to return to the moon's orbit in mid-January for more tests to prepare for the country's next lunar probe mission, Chang'e-5.
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 02, 2015 - A privately owned Russian company called Lin Industrial has announced that it is capable of constructing a lunar base. The projected cost of constructing a first-stage lunar outpost, followed
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 23, 2014 - Laser ranging from Earth to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was a milestone in the 50-year history of satellite laser ranging. Launched in 2009 and still orbiting the moon in 2014, LRO was
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 16, 2014 - NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies that will help send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. To achieve this goal, space travelers will need th
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 09, 2014 - UK scientists have put forward goals for the country's recently-proposed Lunar Mission One program, the BBC reported on Monday. The researchers plan to drill 100 meters below the surface of th
London UK (The Conversation) Dec 01, 2014 - To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though that future advances in space exploration
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 27, 2014 - Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature swings and high radiation encountered while exploring the moon's p
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 26, 2014 - Back in 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts orbiting the Moon photographed something very odd. Researchers called it Ina, and it looked like the aftermath of a volcanic eruption. There's nothing odd about
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Nov 25, 2014 - Scientists from Russia and the European Union are preparing an agreement on joint exploration of the Moon, Lev Zelyony, director of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences, s
London (UPI) Nov 19, 2014 - A group in the United Kingdom aims to launch a lunar probe and study the moon using money raised on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 11, 2014 - India now has its sights set on low-budget missions to the moon and the sun after becoming the first country in Asia to reach Mars, the head of its space agency said Tuesday.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2014 - China's experimental lunar orbiter, which blasted off just over a week ago, entered the moon's orbit as part of an eight-day mission. The trial run paves the way for a mission in 2017 to collect lun
Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2014 - The head of China's lunar probe program has called for a thorough analysis of data collected from the test lunar orbiter, which returned Saturday, to speed up work on Chang'e-5, the star of the 2017
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2014 - NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.
