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January 11, 2016

Momentum builds for creation of 'moon villages'
Notre Dame IN (SPX) Jan 08, 2016
Villages on the moon, constructed through cooperation between astronauts and robotic systems on the lunar surface, could become a reality as early as 2030. That's the consensus of a recent international conference of scientists, engineers and industry experts, including Clive Neal, a University of Notre Dame planetary geologist. The European Space Agency (ESA) hosted a symposium titled "Moon 2020-2030 - A New Era of Coordinated Human and Robotic Exploration," in the Netherlands. The ESA's vision i ... read more

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Chang'e-3 landing site named "Guang Han Gong" The landing site of China's first moon lander Chang'e-3 has been named "Guang Han Gong" or "Moon Palace", more than two years after the spacecraft made a successful soft-landing on the moon in Decem ... more		South Korea to launch lunar exploration in 2016, land by 2020 South Korea plans to launch a lunar exploration project next year with a 2020 timeframe of landing a lunar vessel, the country's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said as quoted by local ... more		Death rumors of Russian lunar program 'greatly exaggerated' - Deputy PM Russia's deputy prime minister refuted rumors that the country's lunar program is in a crisis, saying that it in fact is far from being cut. Russia has not dropped its lunar program and rumors ... more
				Russia Postpones Plans on Extensive Moon Exploration Until 2025 The Russian space agency Roscosmos will give up on manned flights to the Moon and related activities at least until 2025, the Russian Izvestia newspaper reported Tuesday, citing the updated version ... more		Rare full moon on Christmas Day Not since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this year, a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays. December's full moon, the last of the year, is called ... more

LADEE Mission Shows Force of Meteoroid Strikes on Lunar Exosphere NASA scientists have released new findings about the Moon's tenuous exosphere - the thin layer of gas surrounding the Moon that is one 25-trillionth the density of Earth's atmosphere. The data revea ... more		XPRIZE verifies moon express launch contract, kicking off new space race Moon Express has received official verification of their launch contract from XPRIZE as part of the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE, a global competition for privately funded teams to land an unmanned spac ... more		AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture Slingshot to embed AI agent in US Space Force space warfare training Energy learning algorithm boosts complex UAV swarm tasking

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