Beijing (XNA) Jan 13, 2014 - China's moon rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) and the Chang'e-3 lander have just woken up after a period of dormancy that lasted two weeks, or one lunar night, in a move designed to ride out harsh clima
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - The Active Particle-induced X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), carried by the Yutu rover of the Chang'e-3 satellite got its first X-ray fluorescence spectrum of lunar regolith around the landing site on Dec
Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 31, 2013 - Chang'e 3 landed on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) just east of a 450 m diameter impact crater on 14 December 2013. Soon after landing, a small rover named Yutu (or Jade Rabbit in English) was deployed
Beijing (XNA) Dec 26, 2013 - The moon rover and lander of China's Chang'e 3 lunar probe mission will sleep during the lunar night, enduring extreme low temperatures on the lunar surface. According to Wu Fenglei of the B
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Dec 21, 2013 - NASA has issued a new visualization of the events leading to one of the iconic photographs of the 20th Century - Earth rising over the moon captured by the crew of the Apollo 8 mission. The photo k
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 20, 2013 - Experts forecast that the Moon will become sort of the seventh continent of Earth by the middle of the 21st century. People will reclaim the polar regions and build residential areas there. In this
Beijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2013 - Six out of the eight pieces of scientific equipment deployed to the moon with the Chang'e-3 lunar mission have been activated by scientists and are functioning properly, according to scientists work
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2013 - After sending 12 humans to the moon's surface during the Apollo Program, NASA remains committed to lunar science. Building on modern missions such as Clementine and Lunar Prospector and recent missi
Beijing (XNA) Dec 17, 2013 - China plans to launch lunar probe Chang'e-5 in 2017, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The development of Chang'e-5 is proceeding smoot
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2013 - China's moon rover will survey for minerals on a dusty, barren crater named the Bay of Rainbows, but experts say there may be no pot of gold on the Earth's natural satellite.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - China on Saturday carried out the first soft landing on the moon since 1976, joining the United States and former Soviet Union in accomplishing the feat, which marks a major step for Beijing's ambitious space programme.
Providence RI (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Researchers from Brown University and the University of Hawaii have found some mineralogical surprises in the Moon's largest impact crater. Data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper that flew aboard Indi
Providence, R.I. (UPI) Dec 10, 2013 - Mineralogical discoveries in the moon's largest impact crater could yield clues to the evolution of our companion's crust and mantle, U.S. researchers say.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 09, 2013 - China's first Moon lander is in a stable orbit around that world, awaiting the command to lower its orbit and eventually descend to the surface. Judging by what little we know, the Chang'e-3 spacecr
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2013 - Now in orbit around the moon, NASA's newest lunar mission has completed the commissioning phase, and its science instruments have passed their preliminary checks. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust
