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April 07, 2011
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Scientists Find New Type Of Mineral In Historic Meteorite
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 07, 2011
NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named "Wassonite" in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969. The new mineral was discovered within the meteorite officially designated Yamato 691 enstatite chondrite. The meteorite was discovered the same year as other landmark meteorites Allende and Murchison and the return of the first Apollo lunar samples. The study of meteorites helps define our u ... read more

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MOON DAILY

NASA Announces Winners Of 18th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
NASA has announced the winners of the 18th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race - and it's Puerto Rico's year. Teams representing Teodoro Aguilar Mora Vocational High School of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, sna ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Frozen Comet Had A Watery Past
The discovery of minerals requiring liquid water for their formation challenges the paradigm of comets as "dirty snowballs" frozen in time. For the first time, scientists have found convincing evide ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Antes Up With Falcon Heavy
Elon Musk, CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has unveiled the dramatic final specifications and launch date for the Falcon Heavy, the world's largest rocket. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Keeps Rolling Along
Three and a half years after launch, Dawn continues its travels around the sun, maneuvering to take the same orbital path as Vesta. Following its usual pattern, the spacecraft has spent most of the ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

A Reusable Manned Deep - Space Craft
Almost a year after Launchspace contributing editors suggested an exploration vehicle that would take crews from low Earth orbit to many solar system destinations such as asteroids and lunar circumn ... more
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MOON DAILY

84 Teams To Compete In NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more
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MOON DAILY

A New View Of Moon
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite. ... more
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'Greenland moment': Macron urges Europe to invest in strategic sectors
Iran top spy visits Oman after US talks; Mass arrests top 50,000
US set to relinquish several senior NATO command posts
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MOON DAILY

Super Full Moon
Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years. "The last full Moon so big ... more
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MOON DAILY

LRO Delivers Treasure Trove Of Data
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite. ... more
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MOON DAILY

A 'Supermoon' Did Not Cause The Japanese Earthquake
Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan. Several scientists have posted articles online clarifying the topic, and all of them, in no uncertain terms, agree that the the upco ... more
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MOON DAILY

Goddard's Chief Scientist Talks About The 'Supermoon' Phenomenon
Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, answers your questions about the 'supermoon' phenomenon. b>Question: What is the definition of a supermoon and why is ... more
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MOON DAILY

LRO Images Lunar Farside In Stunning Detail
Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr ... more
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DEEP IMPACT

Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Approach Earth Nov 8 2011
Near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from the Earth on November 8, 2011. The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid presents ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Finds Enceladus Is A Powerhouse
Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is much greater than was previously thought possible, according to a new analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. T ... more
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MOON DAILY

Astrobotic's Mission To The Moon Releases Guide For Payload Developers
Astrobotic Technology has released a new guide for researchers on preparation of their instruments for the company's robotic expedition to the surface of the Moon. The expedition, based on tec ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

What Future for Chang'e-2
China's Chang'e-2 lunar orbiter has spent most of its mission in relative obscurity. This mission lacks the historical significance of Chang'e-1, which was China's first mission to the Moon. It has ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Chang'e-5 In 2017
China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more
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MOON DAILY

China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Change-5 In 2017
China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

India Space Budget Gets 35 Percent Hike
The budget for India's space program has been increased by more than 30 pecent compared to last year's allocation with the human space flight and Chandrayaan-II gaining the lion's share. The H ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia To Probe Major Planets Before 2023
Russia will launch probes to several planets and their satellites, Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said Thursday. The probes are expected to study the moon and the Martian satellite ... more
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MOON DAILY

The Great Moonbuggy Race
Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more
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MOON DAILY

Venus And Crescent Moon Pair Up At Dawn
The brightest planet and the eerie waning crescent Moon will create an arresting sky scene low in the southeast in the early dawn of Monday, February 28th, and Tuesday, March 1st, 2011. "These ... more
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MOON DAILY

84 Student Teams Set to Roll At 18th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more
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MOON DAILY

Google Lunar X Prize Roster Reaches 29 Teams
Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that t ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini To Sample Magnetic Environment Around Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to skim close to Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Feb. 18, to learn about the interaction between Titan and Saturn's magnetosphere, the magnetic bubble around the plan ... more
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MOON DAILY

Waiter, There's Metal In My Moon Water
Bring a filter if you plan on drinking water from the moon. Water ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the moon's south pole is accompanied by metallic elements like mercur ... more
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MOON DAILY

Japan eyes humanoid robot mission in space
Japan's space agency is planning a mission to send a humanoid robot to space so that it can communicate with people on Earth through Twitter, an agency official said Thursday. ... more
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SPACEMART

eSpace Seeks Entrepreneurial Space Companies For Incubator Program
eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit business incubator and workforce development organization for aerospace start-up companies, has announced its third round call for new inc ... more
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MOON DAILY

LRO Could Have Given Apollo 14 Crew Another Majestic View
Although the Apollo 14 mission to the moon was filled with incredible sights and was completely successful - it met all its science goals - the crew experienced a bit of a disappointment at missing ... more
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MOON DAILY

Astrobotic Technology Annouces Lunar Mission On SpaceX Falcon 9
Astrobotic Technology has announced it has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9. The expedition will search for water and deliver payloads, ... more
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