Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Feb 09, 2011 - Astrobotic Technology has announced it has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9. The expedition will search for water and deliver payloads,
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2011 - NASA engineers successfully integrated and completed system testing on a new robotic lander recently at Teledyne Brown Engineering's facility in Huntsville in support of the Robotic Lunar Lander Pro
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2011 - Next Giant Leap (NGL) announced that Draper Laboratory has committed over $1 million from their internal research and development (IR and D) program to fund the design and development of a guidance,
Paris (AFP) Jan 9, 2011 - Water on the Moon came in large part from comets which bombarded the lunar surface in its infancy, a study published on Sunday suggests.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2011 - State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 07, 2011 - The Moon, Earth's closest neighbor, has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 07, 2011 - The Rocket City Space Pioneers - a partnership of Huntsville businesses, educational institutions and non-profit organizations - have announced that Dassault Systemes SolidWorks has partnered with t
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 06, 2011 - NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has completed a series of hot fire tests and taken delivery of a new propulsion system for integr
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 05, 2011 - Dynetics, corporate team leader for the Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP), the Huntsville-based Google Lunar X PRIZE team, is one of only three organizations selected to supply flight component test
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 22, 2010 - NASA has awarded the initial half-million-dollar task order from a $10 million NASA contract to Astrobotic Technology for a robotic expedition to the Moon. The amazingly short turnaround betw
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 22, 2010 - Christmas Eve, 1968. As one of the most turbulent, tragic years in American history drew to a close, millions around the world were watching and listening as the Apollo 8 astronauts - Frank Borman,
Reykjavik (AFP) Dec 21, 2010 - The Moon turned red in Reykjavik early Tuesday at the exact moment astronomers had predicted, treating a small crowd of enthusiasts gathered to witness the lunar eclipse to an amazing sight.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 20, 2010 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape. This dataset is being used t
Paris (AFP) Dec 19, 2010 - Weather permitting, skygazers in northern America and Europe are in for a treat in the early morning hours of Tuesday, when the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years is poised to turn the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2010 - The December holiday sky show doesn't stop with the Geminid meteor shower - this year, the moon is also bringing a holiday gift. In the very early morning of December 21, or late night of December 2
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 09, 2010 - Getting something onto the surface of the Moon intact is always a challenge. Gravity pulls you in. There's no atmosphere to slow you down. Parachutes don't work. Your only hope is to use thrusters t
