Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Sep 27, 2005 - ESA's SMART-1 mission in orbit around the Moon has had its scientific lifetime extended by ingenious use of its solar-electric propulsion system (or 'ion engine').
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2005 - Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2005 - NASA announced Tuesday the Regolith Excavation Challenge, a new Centennial Challenges prize competition that will award $250,000 to the winning team and has the potential to significantly contribute to the nation's space exploration goals.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2005 - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin today released the results of the agency's exploration architecture study - a blueprint for the next generation of spacecraft to take humans back to the moon and on to Mars and other destinations.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2005 - Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. There are echoes of the iconic images of the past, but it won't be your grandfather's moon shot.
Washington (AFP) Sep 20, 2005 - Plans by the United States to return to manned space exploration, with the Moon as the first step in 2018, reflect a desire to maintain US leadership in the scientific world and, some day, to set foot on other planets in the solar system.
Washington (AFP) Sep 19, 2005 - The United States will send four astronauts to the moon in 2018 in a major return to its pioneering manned missions into space, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced Monday.
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 19, 2005 - This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) on the Moon.
Bangalore (SPX) Sep 19, 2005 - Even as India's unmanned mission to moon Chandrayaan -I, slated for 2007-8 is on track, space scientists are looking at technologies needed for a manned mission to the Moon, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said Friday, reports PTI.
Beijing (XNA) Sep 12, 2005 - China is expected to launch its first ever lunar probe satellite in 2007, but the program is still experiencing three major difficulties, said Luan Enjie, chief commander of the lunar satellite project here on Wednesday.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 09, 2005 - On the Moon, many of the things that can kill you are invisible: breathtaking vacuum, extreme temperatures and space radiation top the list.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 07, 2005 - When humans return to the Moon and venture beyond, they'll get around using smart rovers that do much more than move cargo.
Cambridge, England (AFP) Sep 06, 2005 - An experimental European probe has spotted a tiny area on the Moon that could be a promising site to set up a future manned outpost, a mission scientist said here Tuesday.
Bangalore, India (ESA) Sep 01, 2005 - The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed an agreement on 27 June 2005 for including European instruments on board India's first scientific mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1.
Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2005 - This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Glushko impact crater on the Moon.
Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2005 - This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Hadley Rille on the south-east edge of Mare Imbrium on the Moon.
