News About Our Moon 24-JUL-08 en-us Moffett Field, Calif. (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 - Hundreds of scientists are meeting this week in California as part of the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.]]> ]]> Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008 - The world's first astronomical observatory bound for the Moon was announced as a joint venture between the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon Limited.]]> London, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2008 - Online Casino Reports lays a bet on the future of casino gambling, and donates to charity on the way. The online gambling portal has taken odds betting to a new realm entirely by placing a predictive wager on futuristic odds betting site, Long Bets, stating that there will be a casino on the moon by 2040.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> ]]>