Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2014 - Chinese scientists are in the course of developing a recoverable lunar robotic spacecraft Chang'e 5 that is to reach the Moon by 2017 with a mission to deliver samples of rock and soil back to Earth
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2014 - The moon appears to be a tranquil place, but modeling done by University of New Hampshire (UNH) and NASA scientists suggests that, over the eons, periodic storms of solar energetic particles may hav
Beijing (XNA) Aug 12, 2014 - China is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon orbiter, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence on Sunday. The orbiter arr
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 - China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year, the government announced Sunday, in the latest step in its ambitious space programme.
Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2014 - A supermoon is the term for a full moon that rises during the portion of the moon's orbit when it comes closest to Earth - the moon's perigee.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 05, 2014 - A manned mission to the Moon will cost Russia 100 billion rubles (about $2.8 billion), Igor Mitrofanov, laboratory director at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute said Sunday.
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 - The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that most of the moon's overall shape can be
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2014 - Far from being perfectly round, the Moon has a weird shape, with a highland bulge on the side facing the Earth and another bulge on its far side - a riddle that has fascinated scientists for decades.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 24, 2014 - China's lunar probe, Chang'e-5, will be launched around 2017 and its mission to collect samples from the moon and return to earth is the most challenging yet, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2014 - While the moon's surface is battered by millions of craters, it also has over 200 holes - steep-walled pits that in some cases might lead to caves that future astronauts could explore and use for sh
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 21, 2014 - Russia is planning a manned mission to the Moon in 2030-2031, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) First Deputy Head Alexander Ivanov said on Monday, July 14, reports TASS. In our program this (m
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side of the planet, Landsat 8 pivots to point at the moon. It scans the distant lunar surface m
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2014 - The Lunar Reconnaissance team has marked the fifth anniversary of the lunar explorer's mission. LRO launched from Florida on June 18, 2009. After a four-day journey, the orbiter successfully entered
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 18, 2014 - Water is thought to be embedded in the moon's rocks or, if cold enough, stuck on their surfaces. It's predominantly found at the poles. But scientists probably won't find it intact on the sunlit s
University Park PA (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 - The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon creating large flat seas of basalt that we see as dark areas called maria. But no face exists on farside of th
Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2014 - A new series of measurements of oxygen isotopes provides increasing evidence that the Moon formed from the collision of the Earth with another large, planet-sized astronomical body, around 4.5 billi
