Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 23, 2013 - The launch of Man's first-ever mission to the Moon's south pole was announced by two private US companies which plan to set telescopes on top of a lunar mountain as early as 2016. The private
Hutchinson, Kan. (UPI) Jul 19, 2013 - A team that retrieved engine parts from NASA's Apollo moon missions from the ocean floor says it has confirmed one is from the Apollo 11 moon landing mission.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 16, 2013 - The 40-year-old distance record set by the Soviet-era Lunokhod 2 rover for driving on the surface of a celestial body other than the Earth looks safe for the time-being after images from NASA's Luna
Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2013 - Weather permitting, watchers of the night sky will be set aglow by a Supermoon this evening. A Supermoon is the same, regular moon, only it appears up to three-times bigger than normal.
Santa Cruz, Calif. (UPI) Jul 8, 2013 - The Earth may once have had two moons, one of them a smaller twin that collided with the moon we see orbiting our planet today, a U.S lunar scientist says.
Paris (AFP) July 05, 2013 - A return to the Moon could be hampered by dust, a poorly-understood threat to machines and people alike, according to a presentation at a space conference that ended Friday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - NASA Tuesday issued a Request for Information (RFI) that will help agency officials better understand current plans in the U.S. commercial space industry for a robotic lunar landing capability. The
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - n astronaut orbiting Earth in the International Space Station has remotely directed a NASA rover in California to unfurl an antenna film that scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder are d
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2013 - Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists have explained how energetic particles penetrating lunar soil can create molecular hydrogen from water ice. The f
Perth, Australia (UPI) Jun 19, 2013 - Australian scientists say they've used ultra-high resolution mapping techniques to identify 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before.
Sydney (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Australian scientists Tuesday said they had identified a possible 280 additional craters on the Moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the Earth's natural satellite.
Wallops VA (SPX) Jun 10, 2013 - The NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) arrived today at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the moon later this year. LADEE is a r
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2013 - NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has uncovered the origin of massive invisible regions that make the moon's gravity uneven, a phenomenon that affects the operations of
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) May 30, 2013 - Anyone who's been to the beach - and seen the ocean's tides - knows the moon's gravitational effects on Earth are rather obvious. The effects of Earth's gravitational pull on the moon are less apparent.
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) May 30, 2013 - NASA says its Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission uncovered the origin of massive regions inside the moon that make its gravity uneven.
Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) May 29, 2013 - Samples of moon dust gathered by the first men to walk on the moon and missing for more than 40 years have been found in a California warehouse, officials said.
