Washington DC (AFP) Sep 08, 2011 - NASA is to launch Thursday a $500 million pair of unmanned spacecraft that will chase each other around the Moon as they use gravity tools to map its inner core for the first time. Scientists
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 08, 2011 - As early as Sept. 8th, NASA's GRAIL mission will blast off to uncover some of the mysteries beneath the surface of the Moon. That cratered gray exterior hides some
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2011 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. Images show the twists and turns of the paths made when the as
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 07, 2011 - At the prelaunch news conference Tuesday, the twin moon-bound GRAIL spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will send them on their mission were reported ready to fly, with th
Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2011 - A NASA spacecraft has snapped the clearest views ever of the surface of the moon, down to the tire tracks and footprints left by visiting astronauts decades ago in the lunar soil.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 6, 2011 - NASA says clouds and thunderstorms in Florida could disrupt the launch of twin satellites on a mission to study the moon's gravitation field.
Sydney, Australia (AFP) Aug 29, 2011 - It's more than 40 years since Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon, but his memories of the historic flight remain as undimmed as his passion for further exploration of space.
Mountain View, CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, announced that it has successfully demonstrated a critical component of its lunar landing technology to NASA under its Innovative Lunar Demonstration
Cape Canaveral, FL (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled Sept. 8 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - During a recent test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the robotic lander prototype, known as Mighty Eagle, performed a hover test flying up to three feet and then translat
Sydney (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 - Neil Armstrong has urged a return to the Moon to train for missions to Mars as the United States contemplates the future of its space programme following the end of the shuttle era.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2011 - Earth's Moon could be younger than previously thought, according to new research from a team that includes Carnegie's Richard Carlson and former-Carnegie fellow Maud Boyet. Their work will be publis
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 19, 2011 - NASA's lunar-bound GRAIL twins were mated to their Delta II launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17 at 8:45 a.m. EDT (5:45 a.m. PDT) Thursday. The 15-mile (2
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 18, 2011 - Analysis of a piece of lunar rock brought back to Earth by the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 has shown that the Moon may be much younger than previously believed. This is concluded in new research
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2011 - NASA's twin lunar probes - GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B - completed their final inspections and were weighed one final time at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., on Tuesday. T
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2011 - The mountainous region on the far side of the moon, known as the lunar farside highlands, may be the solid remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon, according to a new study by planetary
