Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 17, 2011 - Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super perigee moon--the biggest in almost 20 years. The last full Moon so big
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2011 - Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan. Several scientists have posted articles online clarifying the topic, and all of them, in no uncertain terms, agree that the the upco
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2011 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite.
Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, answers your questions about the 'supermoon' phenomenon.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2011 - Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 08, 2011 - Astrobotic Technology has released a new guide for researchers on preparation of their instruments for the company's robotic expedition to the surface of the Moon. The expedition, based on tec
Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 03, 2011 - China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2011 - Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2011 - The brightest planet and the eerie waning crescent Moon will create an arresting sky scene low in the southeast in the early dawn of Monday, February 28th, and Tuesday, March 1st, 2011. These
Playa Vista, CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2011 - Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that t
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 22, 2011 - Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 18, 2011 - Bring a filter if you plan on drinking water from the moon. Water ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the moon's south pole is accompanied by metallic elements like mercur
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 17, 2011 - Japan's space agency is planning a mission to send a humanoid robot to space so that it can communicate with people on Earth through Twitter, an agency official said Thursday.
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,
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 09, 2011 - Although the Apollo 14 mission to the moon was filled with incredible sights and was completely successful - it met all its science goals - the crew experienced a bit of a disappointment at missing
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
