St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 - It's a big claim, but Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientist Frederic Moynier says his group has discovered evidence that the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body th
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 - Fresh examinations of lunar rocks gathered by Apollo mission astronauts have yielded new insights about the moon's chemical makeup as well as clues about the giant impacts that may have shaped the e
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 - The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon. However, a major challenge to the theory has been that the Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotop
Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2012 - A chemical quirk found in lunar soil backs a 37-year-old theory that the Moon was born from an apocalyptic collision between Earth and a huge space rock, scientists said on Wednesday.
Knoxville TN (SPX) Oct 16, 2012 - Three years ago University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers helped to discover water on the surface of the moon. Now, they are piecing together the origin of that water: solar wind. A new study
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 15, 2012 - The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, a University of Michigan researcher an
Paris (AFP) Oct 14, 2012 - Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun as the indirect source.
Moscow (UPI) Oct 12, 2012 - Russia's proposed moon missions have been fully funded and the first is planned for 2015, a space industry official says.
Pittsburgh (UPI) Oct 10, 2012 - U.S. scientists say they've built a full-size prototype of a solar-powered robot designed to search for potentially rich deposits of water ice on the moon.
Tianjin, China (XNA) Sep 26, 2012 - Landing and enduring extreme temperatures will be the two biggest challenges facing Chang'e-3, China's third lunar probe, the chief scientist of China's lunar orbiter project told academics on Wedne
Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2012 - NASA has proposed a candidate for its next major mission, a gateway spacecraft on the far side of the moon as a staging base for moon and Mars missions.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 19, 2012 - According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russian cosmonauts have gained great experience working in orbit and have conducted a large number of scientific experiments at the ISS. All
Darmstadt, Germany (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 - Rocks on the Moon or Mars could be used to build shelters to possibly protect astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation, European researchers say.
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2012 - The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon, NASA said.
Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2012 - Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and well-wishers paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial ceremony Thursday in the US capital.
New Delhi (IANS) Sep 12, 2012 - India's quest for the moon, by the name of Chandrayaan II, planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of PSLV-C21, the 100th
