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Yutu Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About Our Moon

Mar 19, 2015 (Sputnik)

The "Jade Rabbit" discovered at least 9 subterranean layers beneath the lunar surface, 5 more than was previously thought. Scientists believe the layers are a r...

NASA's LRO Spacecraft Finds March 17, 2013 Impact Crater and More

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the surface. On March...

Private companies asked to join moon program

Mar 19, 2015 (XNA)

China will open its lunar exploration program to private enterprises in an attempt to boost technological innovation and break State-owned companies' monopoly i...

Moon crater named for aviator Amelia Earhart

Mar 17, 2015 (UPI)

One of the largest craters on the moon was only recently discovered, thanks to the hard work of scientists at Purdue University. The crater's discovery was anno...

Russia Plans to Adapt New Angara-5 Rocket for Flights to the Moon

Mar 15, 2015 (Sputnik)

Russia's new Angara-A5 carrier rocket could be modified for use in future Moon missions, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Thursday. "We recommend that the Kh...

Russia Plans to Start Moon Exploration Jointly With Partners

Mar 15, 2015 (Sputnik)

Russia plans to start exploring Earth's moon alongside partners from other states, a senior Russian space official said Thursday. Last month, Russian space agen...

Billionaire Teams Up with NASA to Mine the Moon

Mar 12, 2015 (Sputnik)

Another player in the field of commercial space travel, a California-based company just made a major stride toward the creation of the first commercial robotic ...

China Gets One Step Closer to Completing its Ambitious Lunar Mission

Mar 11, 2015 (Sputnik)

China successfully tested unmanned docking on the lunar orbit this week to determine whether key technology planned to be used in its Chang'e-5 mission to the M...

Core work: Iron vapor gives clues to formation of Earth and moon

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Recreating the violent conditions of Earth's formation, scientists are learning more about how iron vaporizes and how this iron rain affected the formation of t...

Application of laser microprobe technology to Apollo samples refines lunar impact history

Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)

It's been more than 40 years since astronauts returned the last Apollo samples from the moon, and since then those samples have undergone some of the most exten...

US Issuing Licenses for Mineral Mining on Moon

Feb 09, 2015 (Sputnik)

The United States government is taking a new and early approach to spur commercial development of space. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started i...

NASA releases video of the far side of the Moon

Feb 08, 2015 (UPI)

NASA has released a video showing what it looks like on the side of the moon humans can't see from Earth. Often referred to as the "dark" side of the moon, the ...

LRO finds lunar hydrogen more abundant on Moon's pole-facing slopes

Feb 05, 2015 (SPX)

Space travel is difficult and expensive - it would cost thousands of dollars to launch a bottle of water to the moon. The recent discovery of hydrogen-bearing m...

Service module of China's lunar orbiter enters 127-minute orbit

Jan 14, 2015 (XNA)

The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter entered a 127-minute orbit on Tuesday after three orbital transfers since Sunday. To decelerate the cr...

Service Module of Chinese Probe Enters Lunar Orbit

Jan 13, 2015 (Sputnik)

The service module of China's unmanned test lunar spacecraft successfully entered orbit in Sunday after slowing down, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center repor...

Chinese spacecraft to return to moon's orbit

Jan 06, 2015 (XNA)

The service module of China's unmanned lunar orbiter is scheduled to return to the moon's orbit in mid-January for more tests to prepare for the country's next ...

Russian Company Proposes to Build Lunar Base

Jan 02, 2015 (Sputnik)

A privately owned Russian company called Lin Industrial has announced that it is capable of constructing a lunar base. The projected cost of constructing a firs...

'Shooting the Moon' with Satellite Laser Ranging

Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)

Laser ranging from Earth to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was a milestone in the 50-year history of satellite laser ranging. Launched in 2009 and st...

Moon Express testing compact lunar lander at Kennedy

Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)

NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies that will help send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. To achieve t...

UK Plans to Drill Into Moon, Explore Feasibility of Manned Base

Dec 09, 2014 (Sputnik)

UK scientists have put forward goals for the country's recently-proposed Lunar Mission One program, the BBC reported on Monday. The researchers plan to drill 10...