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NASA camera catches moon 'photobombing' Earth

Jul 14, 2016 (SPX)

For only the second time in a year, a NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a view of the moon as it moved in front ...

Russia to spend $60M in 2016-2018 to fund space voyages to Moon, Mars

Jun 28, 2016 (Sputnik)

The project to create a nuclear-power transport module, intended to fly to the moon and Mars, will receive 3.81 billion rubles ($60 million) in funding in 2016-...

Russian Moon Base to Hold Up to 12 People

Jun 24, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russian engineers are working on a project of a Moon base that will eventually hold up to 12 people, the spokeswoman of a research institute with the Russian sp...

Fifty Years of Moon Dust

Jun 06, 2016 (JPL)

Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots. When President John Kennedy se...

US may approve private venture moon mission: report

Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)

The US government, in a first, is preparing to approve a private commercial space mission beyond the Earth's orbit, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The ex...

Airbus Defence and Space to guide lunar lander to the Moon

Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)

Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA), have signed a contract for the early development of a system that will ensure the safe and precise...

A new, water-logged history of the Moon

May 31, 2016 (AFP)

After the Apollo missions scooped up rocks from the Moon's surface and brought them home, scientists were convinced for decades that they had proof our nearest ...

Russian Firm Develops Project of Reusable Spacecraft for Lunar Missions

May 30, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia's state company Energia has developed a project of reusable manned Ryvok spacecraft for delivery of cargo and cosmonauts to the Moon, the company's repre...

SwRI scientists discover fresh lunar craters

May 24, 2016 (SPX)

A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters - one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years ol...

NASA research gives new insights into how the Moon got inked

May 05, 2016 (SPX)

A powerful combination of observations and computer simulations is giving new clues to how the moon got its mysterious "tattoos" - swirling patterns of light an...

First rocket made ready for launch at Vostochny spaceport

Apr 26, 2016 (Sputnik)

A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has been installed at Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome's launch site ahead of its first space launch, Russia's Federal Space Agency...

Russia to shift all Lunar launches to Vostochny Cosmodrome

Apr 15, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia will stop using the Soviet-era Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for lunar launches, according to Russian-based Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia...

Supernova iron found on the moon

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

A dying star ends its life in a cataclysmic explosion, shooting the majority of the star's material, primarily new chemical elements created during the explosio...

Lunar lava tubes could help pave way for human colony

Apr 08, 2016 (Sputnik)

Scientists have found evidence that the Moon's underground could have long tunnels of volcanic origin, which could potentially be repurposed to house human colo...

The Moon thought to play a major role in maintaining Earth's magnetic field

Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)

The Earth's magnetic field permanently protects us from the charged particles and radiation that originate in the Sun. This shield is produced by the geodynamo,...

Moon Mission: A Blueprint for the Red Planet

Mar 30, 2016 (Sputnik)

A human colony of astronauts could be living on the Moon by 2022, thanks to modern technology making missions cheaper, according to NASA scientists. The Apollo ...

The Lunar Race That Isn't

Mar 29, 2016 (Sputnik)

Politics, lobbyists, and corruption set back US space program to pre-1960s capacity despite scientific and technological advances that should lead to advances t...

Ancient Polar Ice Reveals Tilting of Earth's Moon

Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)

New NASA-funded research provides evidence that the spin axis of Earth's moon shifted by about five degrees roughly three billion years ago. The evidence of thi...

Earth's moon wandered off axis billions of years ago

Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)

A new study published in Nature reports discovery of a rare event - that Earth's moon slowly moved from its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago. Planetary...

Permanent Lunar Colony Possible in 10 Years

Mar 15, 2016 (Sputnik)

Living on the Moon may become a reality sooner than anticipated as astrophysicists have assessed that a permanent lunar base is logistically feasible for humans...