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New research eclipses existing theories on moon formation

Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)

The Moon is believed to have formed from a collision, 4.5 billion years ago, between Earth and an impactor the size of Mars, known as "Theia." Over the past dec...

A Blue Moon Heralds the Harvest

Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)

Heralding the change in season, a full Moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky on August 31st for the second time this month (the first time came on August 1...

Russia's moonshot hope 'not a dream'

Aug 30, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

Russia has proposed a joint project with Kazakhstan and Ukraine to build a heavy rocket capable of launching manned missions to the Moon. It believes this proje...

Signing out: Armstrong autographs under hammer

Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)

A series of autographs of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will go under the hammer this week with auctioneers wondering if the sky's the limi...

Apollo 11 capsule stirs Neil Armstrong memories, tributes

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

Coming upon the Apollo 11 capsule at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Monday, Matt Hehman did something that would have been unimaginable when N...

Tributes pour in for 'man on the moon' Armstrong

Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)

Tributes poured in Sunday following the death of Neil Armstrong, the humble US astronaut whose "small step" on the moon captivated the world and came to embody ...

US astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

The first man to set foot on the moon, renowned US astronaut Neil Armstrong, has died, his family announced Saturday, prompting glowing tributes to his achievem...

Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, making him the most lauded American of the Col...

Obama hails 'great American hero' Neil Armstrong

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama and astronaut Buzz Aldrin led tributes Saturday to the famed Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, lauding him a...

Chinese firm to send Spanish rover to moon in 2014

Aug 22, 2012 (XNA)

China Great Wall Industry Corporation will send a Spanish rover to the moon in June 2014, according to the Galactic Suite company which heads the "Barcelona Moo...

LRO Spectrometer Detects Helium in Moon's Atmosphere

Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists using the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have made the first spectroscopic observations of the noble g...

NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies Again at Marshall

Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)

The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunts...

Roscosmos Announces Tender for Moon Rocket Design

Aug 07, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender on Thursday to develop a blueprint of a heavy rocket-carrier that would be ...

US flags still on the moon, except one: NASA

Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)

A series of American flags that were planted on the moon during visits by Apollo astronauts some four decades ago are still standing, except for one, a NASA sci...

Another Small Step for Mankind

Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)

Last Friday, July 20th, was the 43rd anniversary of mankind's first extraterrestrial visit to another heavenly body. The moon. Apollo 11 was the result of decad...

Russia starts building Moon spaceship, eyes Lunar base

Jul 24, 2012 (XNA)

Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned Lunar missions with the first test scheduled in 2015, the project developer said Thursday. "The work has alr...

Plans to revisit Moon impeded by financial difficulties

Jul 23, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

Along with pure science, these plans include significant engineering advances in order to send rovers to the Moon, and return samples from its surface. Yet desp...

Russia says no manned moon shots till 2018

Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)

Russia's timetable for manned flights to the moon has been pushed back two more years with no launches until 2018, the head of Russia's space agency said. Rosco...

ESA to catch laser beam from Moon mission

Jun 26, 2012 (ESA)

In 2013, a NASA satellite will beam digital signals to an ESA receiving station fast enough to stream dozens of movies at once. The test will help to demonstrat...

Researchers Estimate Ice Content of Crater at Moon's South Pole

Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater l...