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How The Moon Produces Its Own Water
The Moon is a big sponge
that absorbs electrically
charged particles given out
by the Sun. These particles
interact with the oxygen
present in some dust grains
on the lunar surface,
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NASA Spacecraft LCROSS Impacts Lunar Crater In Search Of Water Ice
NASA's Lunar Crater
Observation and Sensing
Satellite, or LCROSS,
created twin impacts on the
moon's surface early Friday
in a search for water ice.
... > full story
NASA Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact
At 7:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 9,
a two-ton rocket body will
slam into a crater near the
moon's south pole. By
studying the resulting plume
of gas and dust, scientists
... > full story
Rocket Smash Could Find Moon’s Water Ice, Expert Says
Crashing a rocket into the
Moon will create “one
more dimple” on the
lunar surface and could find
water ice on Earth’s
nearest neighbour, according
... > full story
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Key Process For Space Outpost Proved On 'Vomit Comet' Ride
October 29, 2009 — During flights simulating the moon's low gravity, researchers find that sifters can separate soil particles and produce the best feedstock for an oxygen generator. Scientists are designing and ... > full story -
'Trash Can' Nuclear Reactors Could Power Human Outpost On Moon Or Mars
October 4, 2009 — NASA has made a series of critical strides toward the development of new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can that could power a human outpost on the moon or Mars. Three recent tests at different ... > full story -
Lunar Lander Test Article Glides Above The Safety Net
September 29, 2009 — NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is testing a new robotic lunar lander test bed that will aid in the development of a new generation of multi-use landers for future robotic space ... > full story -
NASA Goddard Shoots The Moon To Track Lunar Spacecraft
September 28, 2009 — Twenty-eight times per second, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center fire a laser that travels about 250,000 miles to hit the minivan-sized Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft moving at ... > full story -
SMART-1 Images Crash Scene Of Upcoming LCROSS Impact
September 27, 2009 — The European Space Agency's SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). LCROSS will search for water ice on the ... > full story -
Finding Water On The Moon Has Major Implications For Human Space Exploration
September 25, 2009 — The discovery of large quantities of water on the moon will have very significant implications for human space exploration, according to a UK space expert. The findings by NASA were reportedly made ... > full story -
Water Present Across The Moon's Surface, New Research Shows
September 24, 2009 — In a discovery that promises to reinvigorate studies of the moon and potentially upend thinking of how it originated, scientists have found evidence of water molecules on the surface of the ... > full story -
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Shedding Light On Permanently Shadowed Regions Of The Moon
September 22, 2009 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched on June 18 of this year, has begun its extensive exploration of the lunar environment and will return more data about the Moon than any previous mission. ... > full story -
Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer Success To Provide New Understanding Of Lunar Surface
September 21, 2009 — Over its ten months of operation, the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) has gathered data for a total of 30 solar flares, giving the most accurate measurements to date of magnesium, aluminium, ... > full story -
New NASA Temperature Maps Provide 'Whole New Way Of Seeing The Moon'
September 19, 2009 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), an unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon, has returned its first data. One of the seven instruments aboard, the Diviner Lunar Radiometer ... > full story
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