Radolfzell, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2013 - Zooplankton, small fish and squid spend hardly any time at the surface when there's a full moon. To protect themselves from their natural enemies, they hide deeper down in the water on bright nights
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2013 - When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the e
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2013 - Many spacecraft just fade away, drifting silently through space after their mission is over, but not GRAIL. NASA's twin GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft went out in a blaz
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 20, 2013 - Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2013 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claimed success Wednesday in his mission to recover Apollo 11 moon mission engines that plunged into the ocean decades ago.
Beijing (UPI) Mar 14, 2013 - China says it will conduct re-entry tests before 2015 of a spacecraft to be used in a mission to have a lunar explorer probe bring lunar soil samples to Earth.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2013 - The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) is seeking support from the public as it continues its efforts to recover and enhance Moon images from the 1960s using modern technology. The L
Providence RI (SPX) Mar 13, 2013 - Early in the Moon's history an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. As that lunar magma ocean cooled over millions of years, it differentiated to form the Moon's crust and mantle. But ac
Beijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2013 - A rocket expert said Friday that China has developed a modified model of the Long March-3B carrier rocket for an upcoming moon landing mission to be completed by the Chang'e-3 moon orbiter. Th
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 - Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions, according to a University of Michigan
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2013 - Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster + Partners have joined with ESA to
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 17, 2013 - Russia will launch a robotic lunar station in 2015, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin said on Tuesday. Luna-Glob will lift off from the Vostochny space port in Russia's Fa
Washington (AFP) Jan 16, 2013 - The US and European space agencies on Wednesday announced a new partnership pairing a European cargo module with NASA's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 07, 2013 - NASA is considering a mission to capture an asteroid and drag it into the moon's orbit for study, researchers in California have confirmed.
Moscow (UPI) Dec 26, 2012 - Russian space company Energia has completed the technical design of a manned spacecraft whose flight tests would be initiated in 2017, company officials say.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2012 - NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission
