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Designing A Lunar Telescope To See Into The Dark Ages
March 11, 2008 Scientists and engineers will study how to design a telescope on the moon for peering into the last unexplored epoch in the universe's history. There was an interval, now called the "Dark Ages," in ... > full story -
NASA's Newest Concept Vehicles Take Off-Roading Out Of This World
February 27, 2008 In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no seats and the only color it comes in is gold. But NASA's ... > full story -
NASA Views Landing Site Through Eyes Of Future Moon Crew
February 27, 2008 NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters per pixel. The imagery generated by the data has been ... > full story -
February's Red Moon: Lunar Eclipse On 21 February
February 11, 2008 People across the western hemisphere may be surprised to see a rust-coloured Moon in the sky on 21 February. Early that morning (the evening of the 20 February for observers in North and South ... > full story -
Lowest Frequency Radar Echo From The Moon Ever Detected
January 8, 2008 Scientists have detected the lowest frequency radar echo from the moon ever seen with earth-based receivers. In the lunar echo experiment a high power transmitter in Alaska, launched high power radio ... > full story -
Deep Impact 'Celebrates' New Year's Eve With Earth Flyby
January 2, 2008 This New Year's Eve the Deep Impact team will again celebrate a holiday in a way that few can match, when their Deep Impact spacecraft "buzzes" the Earth on a flyby that marks the beginning of a more ... > full story -
New NASA Mission To Reveal Moon's Internal Structure And Evolution
December 12, 2007 At a Dec. 10 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA's Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection of a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal ... > full story -
Earth's Magnetic Field Could Help Protect Astronauts Working On The Moon
December 11, 2007 It has been 35 years since humans last walked on the moon, but there has been much recent discussion about returning, either for exploration or to stage a mission to Mars. However, there are concerns ... > full story -
Travel Maps Of The Lunar North Pole
December 5, 2007 A new map shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. The lunar poles are very interesting for future science and exploration of the Moon mainly because of their exposure to ... > full story -
World's First HDTV Image Of 'Earth-Rise' Over Moon
November 13, 2007 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise by the lunar ... > full story
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