
Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon
NASA's Interstellar Boundary
Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft
has made the first
observations of very fast
hydrogen atoms coming from
the moon, following decades
... > full story

Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter Camera has taken and
received its first images of
the Moon, kicking off the
year-long mapping mission of
Earth's nearest celestial n ... > full story

NASA Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Moon Orbit
After a four and a half day
journey from the Earth, the
Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter, or LRO, has
successfully entered orbit
around the moon. Engineers
... > full story

NASA Moon Impactor Successfully Completes Lunar Maneuver
The Lunar Crater Observation
and Sensing Satellite, or
LCROSS, successfully
completed its most
significant early mission
milestone Tuesday with a
... > full story
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Scientists Bring 'Light' To Moon's Permanently Dark Craters
June 22, 2009 A new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region provides new information on some of our natural satellite's darkest inhabitants - permanently shadowed ... > full story -
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: NASA Returns To The Moon With First Lunar Launch In A Decade
June 19, 2009 NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar ... > full story -
NASA Successfully Launches Lunar Impactor
June 19, 2009 NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. The satellite ... > full story -
Professor Prepares For America's Return To The Moon
June 17, 2009 Planetary scientist Mark Robinson leads a team of college researchers and grad students for this week's scheduled NASA launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. For nearly two years, the team has ... > full story -
Moon Magic: New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses
June 10, 2009 Researchers have developed a new method for using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar eclipse. The model uses celestial geometry of the sun, Earth, and moon, ... > full story -
More 'Star Trek' Than 'Snuggie': Student Design To Protect Lunar Outpost From Dangerous Radiation
May 14, 2009 Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions -- with space radiation at the top of the list. Now scientists ... > full story -
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter To Help Astronauts Survive On Moon's Forbidding Frontier
May 7, 2009 NASA will send a robotic scout, called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), to orbit the moon in 2009. LRO will gather crucial data on the lunar environment that will help astronauts prepare for ... > full story -
Discovered After 40 Years: Moon Dust Hazard Influenced By Sun's Elevation
April 21, 2009 In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling ... > full story -
Twin Spacecraft To Explore Gravitational 'Parking Lots' That May Hold Secret Of Moon's Origin
April 10, 2009 Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born. NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as ... > full story -
Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost
March 2, 2009 Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored ... > full story
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