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NASA Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact
October 8, 2009 — 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 hope this grand experiment will ... > full story -
Rocket Smash Could Find Moon’s Water Ice, Expert Says
October 6, 2009 — 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 to one ... > 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 28, 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 -
SMART-1 Images Crash Scene Of Upcoming LCROSS Impact
September 25, 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 24, 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 -
Key Process For Space Outpost Proved On 'Vomit Comet' Ride
September 24, 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 -
NASA Goddard Shoots The Moon To Track Lunar Spacecraft
September 24, 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 -
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 -
Chandrayaan-1 X-Ray Spectrometer Success To Provide New Understanding Of Lunar Surface
September 18, 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
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