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Rocket Carrying China's Second Lunar Probe Almost Ready For LaunchXichang, China (XNA) Oct 01, 2010 A rocket carrying China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e II, is at its final stage of preparation before launch, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwestern Sichuan Province said Thursday. Fueling of the Long March 3C rocket, the last procedure before its launch, began at 9 a.m. on Sept. 30. Fu Jumei, of the XSLC, said the rocket's first and second stage boosters were fueled with conventional propellents Thursday. The fueling took about five hours. The rocket's thi ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2010The moon was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth, and its surface is more complex than previously thought, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft featured in three papers appearing in Science. In the first paper, lead author James Head of Brown University in Providence, R.I., describes results obtained from a ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 17, 2010Mission description: land autonomously with pinpoint precision near the Moon's south pole, a region full of dangerous boulders and high ridges. The aim of ESA's proposed precursor is to probe the moonscape's unknowns and test new technology to prepare for future human landings. The first mission to visit the south polar region of the Moon took a significant step forward when a further stud ... more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2010On September 18, 2010 the world will join the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., as well as other NASA Centers to celebrate the first annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN). "InOMN provides the opportunity for the general public, our partners, and amateur astronomers to learn about lunar science and to view the Moon - many for the first time - ... more |
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Don't Forget DeimosSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 13, 2010 Next year, Russia plans to launch a mission to Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. This spacecraft, called Phobos-Grunt, will be the first spacecraft to land on this moon, and also the first mission to return samples of Phobos to Earth. Phobos is an interesting object, and it's been studied a lot by orbiting spacecraft. The moon is in a fairly low orbit around Mars, which makes it easy to see from spacecraft placed in orbit around Mars. Earlier this year, the Mars Express orbiter got close enough to ... read more |
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