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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 20:46

NASA fosters relationship with Saudi Arabia

The U.S. space agency NASA has signed a joint statement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to work together in the areas of lunar and asteroid science research.

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 04:24

Asians, N. Americans have best seats for 2009 Leonid meteor shower

The peak of the Leonid meteor shower for 2009 is Tuesday, November 17. Asia has the best viewing for the Leonids, with up to 500 per hour. North Americans will be missing some of the action, with only a prediction of up to 30 per hour.

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Saturday, 17 October 2009 20:34

Moon plume occurred: Only 1 mile high

At first, spectators and NASA scientists were disappointed that a debris plume was not visible as the LCROSS spacecraft imaged its Centaur rocket impacting the Cabeus crater on the Moon. However, now, enhanced crash images show a 1-mile high plume did occur—much shorter than the 12-mile plume predicted.

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Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:27

Chandrayaan finds how water is generated on Moon

The Indian Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft discovers that the Moon absorbs rays from the Sun in order to create water on its lunar surface. Surprisingly, though, some of them are reflected back into space. Learn why this is important in our continuing investigation of our local solar system and the much larger universe.
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:47

You only saw Moon impacts with infrared eyes

Although spectators were disappointed by not seeing the debris plumes after two space vehicles crashed into a lunar crater on Friday, October 9, 2009, NASA scientists saw the collision with infrared instruments and are hopeful they recorded incidences of water on the Moon.
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 20:54

Watch as the Moon gets a one-two punch

On Friday, October 9, 2009, the LCROSS spacecraft and its booster rocket will be crashed into the Moon about four minutes apart. With a medium-sized telescope and a clear night sky overhead, you will be able to see the event. If you would rather stay inside, then watch it on NASA TV.

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:17

China 3Ds the Moon

According to a leader of the Chang'e 1 mission to the Moon, the Chinese have completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the lunar surface. In fact, this mapping is the most detailed imaging of the Moon so far taken by any spacecraft of the entire lunar surface.

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Friday, 25 September 2009 19:31

A bit of water found on Moon!

The Indian spacecraft Chandrayann-1 spacecraft is orbiting about the Moon with the U.S. Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument onboard. It found water molecules in the polar regions of the Moon, and two other NASA spacecraft confirmed the exciting discovery. Only a small amount of water was discovered, however, scientists are now optimistic that more will be found with further explorations.
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Saturday, 19 September 2009 20:17

Moon explorer points to hydrogen in sunny parts of south pole

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is just beginning its mission to explore the Moon. One of its instruments has already indicated that hydrogen (a component of water) is present at the south pole but in unexpected places: at warm spots that receive sunlight (and not just within the bitterly cold impact craters).

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Saturday, 12 September 2009 18:54

NASA selects Cabeus A as lunar impact site for LCROSS

The collision site for the NASA spacecraft Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) has been selected by a team of lunar scientists. The lunar crater selected for the impact is called Cabeus A.

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Monday, 07 September 2009 19:16

Bangladesh papers confirm truth: Apollo did land on Moon

After years of conspiracy theories trying to convince people that the U.S. government faked the Moon landings, two Bangladeshi newspapers confirm indirectly that, indeed, the United States did land on the Moon in July 1969.
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Friday, 17 July 2009 18:14

Partially restored videos of Apollo 11 mission available

NASA is making available some partially restored videos of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon that occurred in July 1969. Included in the 40-year-old videos is the broadcast of Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk on the lunar surface.

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Friday, 17 July 2009 17:41

Orbiting lunar probe has new images of Apollo Moon landings

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, on a current mission to map the Moon for upcoming lunar missions, has taken images of Apollo lunar landing sites. UPDATE: NASA has released these pictures on Friday, July 17, 2009.

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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 17:51

NASA plays back 40-year old Apollo 11 Moon landing

The U.S. space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will observe the fortieth anniversary of the historic first human landing on the Moon when it plays the entire audio from the Apollo 11 mission at the exact time and date it was broadcast in 1969. This time, however, it will be streamed on the Internet.

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Monday, 13 July 2009 17:18

Watch re-creation of Apollo 11 Moon landing

The Kennedy Presidential Library will begin coverage of the first Moon landing by the NASA Apollo 11 mission on Thursday, July 16, 2009, forty years after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were launched into space with their Saturn V rocket. It’s all on WeChooseTheMoon.


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Saturday, 11 July 2009 19:01

Help track lunar LCROSS spacecraft for NASA

NASA is asking all backyard astronomers to help track its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft, which is orbiting Earth in a big loop. Your reward in the end is to see it crash into a deep crater in the south pole of the Moon.

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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 17:41

U.S. successful at lunar orbit with LRO spacecraft

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed the necessary maneuvers for insertion into orbit about the Moon. NASA confirms its preliminary lunar orbit at 6:27 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

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Friday, 19 June 2009 19:24

U.S. Moon exploration begins with LRO/LCROSS liftoff

The NASA LRO/LCROSS mission lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, at 5:32 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 18, 2009, for its robotic mission to the Moon. The lunar mission will collect more data about the Moon than any other previous mission, and it is the first U.S. unmanned lunar mission of the 21st century, leading to the NASA manned missions of the Constellation program.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 18:13

Same old fuel leak delays Endeavour again

On June 17, 2009, NASA was again forced to postpone the launch of its STS-127 mission to complete the Japanese Kibo laboratory on the Space Station because of a gaseous hydrogen leak outside of its external tank. No liftoff until at least July 11.

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Monday, 15 June 2009 18:57

Japanese Kaguya seen crashing into Moon

AT 3:25 a.m. Japanese time (1825 GMT) the Kaguya spacecraft made a controlled hard crash onto the Moon ending a successful mission to comprehensively map the lunar surface. It was seen on Earth by professional and amateur astronomers.

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