Rolla MO (SPX) Nov 17, 2010 - While lunar mining might some day be economically feasible for countries and companies, a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher believes strongly that mining in space is essential
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2010 - A bulge of elevated topography on the farside of the Moon - known as the lunar farside highlands - has defied explanation for decades. But a new study led by researchers at the University of Califor
Providence, R.I. (UPI) Nov 3, 2010 - U.S. scientists say a new type of rock on the moon, the first new variety identified in decades, is probably ancient material born deep inside the moon.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2010 - Moon Express has announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE - a $30 million competition that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch to
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 29, 2010 - A pair of NASA spacecraft that were supposed to be dead last year are instead flying to the Moon for a breakthrough mission in lunar orbit. Their real names are THEMIS P1 and P2, but I call t
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 - Space takes its toll on humans and equipment. Go into deep space, and the environment becomes even more hostile. Land on the Moon, and you're facing the most dangerous place humans have explored bey
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 - Scientists led by Brown University are offering the first detailed explanation of the crater formed when a NASA rocket and spacecraft slammed into the Moon last October and information about the com
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 - Team FREDNET has been awarded a NASA Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contract at the maximum government purchase value of $10.01 million. As a recipient of this ILDD contract, Team FREDN
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2010 - The lunar rocks brought back to the Earth by the Apollo astronauts were found to have very little water, and to be much drier than rocks on Earth. An explanation for this was that the Moon formed bi
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 22, 2010 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on t
Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 - Lunar soil is richer than previously thought, with traces of silver among the complex mix of elements and compounds found within one of the moon's craters, according to a study published Thursday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2010 - NASA has signed contracts with U.S. six teams competing to design, build and launch private moon probes to purchase their lunar data, agency officials say.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 - NASA has awarded Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contracts to six companies for the purchase of technical data resulting from industry efforts to develop vehicle capabilities and demonstrate end-to-end robotic lunar landing missions.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 11, 2010 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., collaborated with NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., to successfully complete a series of thruster tests at the White Sands test facility.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 - China's second lunar mission, Chang'e 2, will perform several tasks during its flight. Some of these are purely scientific, aimed at helping us to understand the Moon and the space around it.
Wash., D.C. (UPI) Oct 1, 2010 - NASA new direction of sending astronauts to the asteroids or Mars doesn't mean a return to the moon is out of the question, the U.S. agency's deputy head says.
