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Rocket To Go To Moon Under Design Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 09, 2010
A new heavy-thrust carrier rocket is under scientific research, with the goal of sending astronauts to the moon, scientists said.
Although there is no official timetable yet for China's moon landing, scientists are researching a new powerful carrier rocket with a lift-off thrust of 3,000 tons, Liang Xiaohong, vice-president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, told China Dail ... read moreStudent Ready To Battle At 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 09, 2010More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10. Some 1,088 high school, college and university students from 20 states and Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Bangladesh, Serbia, India and Romania are expected to p ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
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Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2010Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than five miles deep. "This is the biggest, deepest crater on the Moon - an abyss that could engulf the United States from the East Coast through Texas," said Noah Petro of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ... more Deep Crater Exposes Hidden Ancient Moon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 05, 2010Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than five miles deep. "This is the biggest, deepest crater on the Moon - an abyss that could engulf the United States from the East Coast through Texas," said Noah Petro of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ... more NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits At Moon's North Pole
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2010Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon's north pole. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40 small craters with water ice. The craters range in size from 1 to 9 miles (2 to15 km) in diameter. Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness i ... more NASA radar finds ice on moon's north pole
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2010A US radar that launched into space aboard an Indian spacecraft has detected craters filled with ice on the moon's north pole, NASA scientists said Monday. The US space agency's Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in size from one to nine miles (1.6 to 15 kilometers), each full of water ice. "Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness in each crater, it ... more |
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Astronomers Say Presence Of Water On Moon Will Lead To More Missions
Las Crucese NM (SPX) Feb 15, 2010Through a collaborative effort that involved researchers around the world, NASA has learned that water does indeed exist on the moon - but don't crack out the bathing suits for a refreshing lunar dip just yet. Scientists still have to determine just how much water the moon holds and how we can utilize it. "The big picture here that we are all starting to understand is that the moon is not ... more 'NASA, ESA Want To Be Part Of Chandrayaan-II Mission'
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 08, 2010NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) want to be part of Chandrayaan-II, the next Indian mission to Moon, by sending their instruments, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said here today. Replying to a query whether NASA and ESA have sent proposals to ISRO to be part of Chandrayaan-II, expected in 2012 or 2013, by sending their instruments, Radhakrishnan told reporters, "They are all there actua ... more Moon Exploration is Not Dead
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 02, 2010It's clear by now that America's grand plans for returning astronauts to the Moon have been quashed, at least in the short term. The Constellation program, originally created to land astronauts there by 2020, is no more. But that doesn't mean that astronauts will not return in the future, nor does it mean that lunar exploration will cease in the meantime. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbite ... more Obama to propose abandoning US return to Moon: report
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2010President Barack Obama's 2011 budget, to be submitted to Congress Monday, will propose abandoning a program to return US astronauts to the Moon, two Florida newspapers said Thursday. Citing administration and NASA officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the reports said the White House would call on the US space agency to focus on other programs, including the development of comme ... more |
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