Moon Exploration and Science News

March 27, 2014

A Wet Moon
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2014
The Moon's status as a "dry" rock in space has long been questioned. Competing theories abound as to the source of the H20 in the lunar soil, including delivery of water to the Moon by comets. This week, Tartese et al announced in Geology that new analyses of lunar soil samples demonstrates that basalts from the Moon's mantle contain hydrogen from water indigenous to Earth. According to the authors, their work is "challenging the paradigm of a "dry" Moon, and arguing that some portions of th ... read more

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Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction The only camera to return from NASA's moon missions in 1969-1972 was sold at an auction in Vienna Saturday for 550,000 euros ($760,000), far outdoing its estimated price. ... more		ASU camera creates stunning mosaic of moon's polar region the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), run by the Arizona State University-based team under professor Mark Robinson, released what very well may be the largest image mosaic available on the ... more		Expeditions to the Moon: beware of meteorites Experts say that future expeditions to the Moon may face quite a few dangers. One of them is meteorite attacks. The Moon has practically no atmosphere that would have braked the flights of meteorite ... more
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Study on lunar crater counting shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool If Galileo was still alive and kicking, he might want to take a selfie with some of the thousands of citizen scientists all around the world for their surprisingly accurate work of counting craters ... more		Spacesuits And Moon Notes Among The Stars At Bonhams NYC Auction Bonhams Space History sale on April 8 will feature nearly 300 fascinating artifacts related to decades of international space exploration, including genuine spacesuits, critical flight items from th ... more		Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches 'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing		MIT team proposes storing extra rocket fuel in space for future missions Future lunar missions may be fueled by gas stations in space, according to MIT engineers: A spacecraft might dock at a propellant depot, somewhere between the Earth and the moon, and pick up extra r ... more
				Robotic Exploration of Moon, Mars a Priority The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday that developing technologies for robotic exploration of the moon and Mars is a priority. Oleg Ostapenko said in an interview with state ... more		Russia to launch three lunar rovers from 2016 to 2019 Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, will send three automated rovers to the moon from 2016 to 2019 as part of its plan to eventually send a manned mission to Mars, according to agency head Oleg Ostape ... more

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China has no plans for lunar base project The world's third country to soft-land on the moon has no plan to build a lunar base there, a leading scientist of China's lunar probe mission told Xinhua Saturday. But Ye Peijian, chief scien ... more		Feature: The "masters" behind China's lunar rover Jade Rabbit In contrast to how much of an influence the virtual persona of China's first moon rover has made on social media home and abroad, little is known about the people behind the loveable character. ... more		NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film Lightning strike injures 89 at rally for Brazil's former president		Preparation for Chang'e-5 launch on schedule Preparation for the 2017 launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e-5 is going as planned, the country's leading space scientist Ye Peijian told Xinhua on Saturday. Chang'e-5, as part of China's th ... more
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A Wet Moon

Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction

Expeditions to the Moon: beware of meteorites

	China's Lunar Lander Still Operational While the world awaits the awakening of China's Yutu Moon rover at the end of this long lunar night, let's not forget that Yutu is not the only spacecraft on the Moon. Yutu was delivered to the luna ... more		China Focus: Uneasy rest begins for China's troubled Yutu rover China's lunar rover Yutu entered its third planned dormancy on Saturday, with the mechanical control issues that might cripple the vehicle still unresolved. According to the State Administrati ... more		Is Yutu Stuck? Finally, China has released some tangible information on the state of its Yutu Moon rover through official state media channels. The results are encouraging, given the fact that we feared Yutu was i ... more		Japan's Pocari Sweat bound for the moon: maker Japan's curiously-named Pocari Sweat is to be sent to the moon, its Japanese maker has said, in what the firm claims will make it the first sports drink on the celestial body. ... more

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NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids		Lunar ownership laws: a future necessity?		Responding to Potential Asteroid Redirect Mission Targets		Chang'e-2 lunar probe travels 70 mln km		What's up, Yutu
LADEE Sends Its First Images of the Moon Back to Earth		A global map of Jupiter's biggest moon		Yutu Awakes		Source of 'Moon Curse' Revealed by Eclipse		Putting Rovers to the Test

NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources

Astrobotic Begins Testing at Masten Space Systems

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Moon plays trick on Jade Rabbit

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Waiting for Yutu

NASA's LRO Snaps a Picture of NASA's LADEE Spacecraft

Sole camera from NASA moon missions to be auctioned

Russia plans several Moon, Mars missions in near future

New results on the geologic characteristics of the Chang'e-3 exploration region

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