Providence RI (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - A Brown University-led research team has for the first time discovered evidence of water that came from deep within the Moon, a revelation that strongly suggests water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence -- and perhaps ever since it was created by a cataclysmic collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object about 4.5 billion years ago.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2008 - China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 lunar probe has said.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Some scientists believe that at least one meteorite found in Antarctica preserves evidence of ancient life on Mars. Now, work by a team of English scientists reinforces an earlier suggestion that evidence of life on the early Earth might be found in meteorites on the moon.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - NASA engineers and scientists completed a milestone review June 20 that will help determine the systems needed to return humans to the moon and establish a lunar outpost.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - Satellite Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon.
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has successfully completed one of the most critical spacecraft environmental tests on NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) two months ahead of schedule.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 24, 2008 - Imagine landing on the Moon, climbing down the ladder of your spacecraft, and looking around the harsh lunar landscape-to see another, older spacecraft standing only 200 yards away.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 - One million and counting! Did you say one million? That's how many names have been submitted to blast off on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 17, 2008 - Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance it looks like the full Moon.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2008 - Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Wash., to prepare for future lunar expeditions. Teams from seven NASA centers and several universities conducted the tests from June 2-13.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2008 - NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International, for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 - Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 - NASA is looking for the right stuff to further scientific knowledge about the moon. NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, recently issued a Cooperative Agreement Notice seeking research projects for the NASA Lunar Science Institute. The institute is located at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 - Researchers have used Earth-based radar to examine ejecta material from the massive impact that formed the moon's Orientale impact basin. Orientale basin is located at the very edge of the moon's visible face. Previously, this crater was difficult to study because it is only partially visible to telescopes on Earth. Newly developed techniques now have been used to make high-resolution radar observations of this important region.
Jakarta (AFP) June 2, 2008 - Indonesia's capital is putting the finishing touches on coastal defences to hold back peak tides this week that experts fear could inundate much of the city, an official said Monday.
Washington (UPI) May 29, 2008 - The U.S. space agency said it's seeking ideas for its lunar surface systems concept to help it develop plans for a return to the moon by 2020.
