Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2006 - Hopes that the Moon's South Pole has a vast hoard of ice that could be used to establish a lunar colony are sadly unfounded, a new study says. In 1994, radar echoes sent back in an experiment involving a US orbiter called Clementine appeared to show that a treasure trove of frozen water lay below the dust in craters near the lunar South Pole that were permanently shaded from the Sun.
Washington (AFP) Oct 08, 2006 - What a difference an a makes, particularly in history. An Australian researcher using high-tech software has found the tiny missing article in Neil Armstrong's declaration as he became the first human to step onto the moon's surface. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, said Armstrong on July 20, 1969, in a transmission heard around the world 240,000 miles (386,232 kilometers) away.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2006 - NASA is calling on college undergraduates interested in performing reduced gravity experiments onboard the agency's Weightless Wonder aircraft to submit their proposals by Monday, Oct. 30.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2006 - As the door is closing on NASA's Space Shuttle Program, another door is opening to make way for the next generation of human space vehicles: the Constellation Program. The 50-foot-tall door at the west end of the high bay in Kennedy Space Center's historic Operations and Checkout Building was opened for the first time in more than two decades during a ceremony Sept. 26.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Sep 14, 2006 - Although last year's inclement weather resulted in fewer Antarctic meteorite recoveries than usual, scientists have recently discovered that one of the specimens is a rare breed -- a type of lunar meteorite seen only once before.
Moscow (RIAN) Sep 12, 2006 - Russia and China may conclude a Moon exploration agreement by the end of the year, the head of the Russian Space Agency said. China has already successfully launched into orbit two manned space vehicles. Its first manned flight three years ago made it the third country to launch a human being into space on its own, after Russia and the U.S.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 12, 2006 - Laboratory simulations of the SMART-1 impact performed at the University of Kent, United Kingdom, suggest that the impact may have caused a clearly elongated lunar crater, and produced a high-speed rebounding for the spacecraft.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 08, 2006 - Through infrared observations with its newly installed infra-red mosaic camera WIRCam, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope offered a stunning image of the crash of the European spacecraft Smart-1, a very bright flash on the low-contrast landscape lit by earthshine, an image that was made available to the European Space Agency moments after Smart-1 radio-silence had made clear that the mission had ended.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 08, 2006 - Timing, location, detection of a flash and of ejected material, and a firework generated by the lunar impact of ESA's SMART-1, are the latest results gathered thanks to the ground observation campaign of this historical event.
Paris France (SPX) Sep 05, 2006 - Right up to its final orbits, SMART-1 continued delivering valuable data, extending the mission's legacy as a technology and scientific success. Scientists and engineers met today at ESOC to review mission achievements including final AMIE camera images.
Paris, France (AFP) Sep 04, 2006 - The European Space Agency on Monday hailed a probe that it dramatically smashed onto the Moon on Sunday after completing a programme to test next-generation space technologies.
London UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2006 - The European Space Agency's Smart-1 mission ended on September 3rd 2006, at 07:42 CEST (05:42 UT). Its final lunar resting place is located at 46.2 West longitude and 34.4 South latitude. Appropriately for such a successful mission, this area of the Moon is known as the 'Lake of Excellence'.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2006 - The apparent absence of shadows where shadows were expected to be is raising new questions about the faint glow of microwave radiation once hailed as proof that the universe was created by a Big Bang.
Paris (AFP) Sep 03, 2006 - One of the most innovative missions in space exploration came to a dramatic close on Sunday as Europe's first probe to the Moon crashed into the lunar surface giving stargazers around the world an astronomical fireworks display.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 01, 2006 - This mosaic of images, obtained by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the SMART-1 landing site on the Moon.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 31, 2006 - Russia plans to conduct its first manned flight around the Moon in 2011-2012, the president of a leading spacecraft company said Thursday.
