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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Delivers Treasure Trove of Data
March 16, 2011 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released March 15, 2011 the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science ... > full story -
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: The Far Side of the Moon -- And All the Way Around
March 13, 2011 — Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft. And what a surprise -- ... > full story -
NASA Makes Use of Historic Test Site for New Robotic Lander Prototype Tests
March 6, 2011 — Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have begun the first phase of integrated system tests on a new robotic lander prototype at Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. ... > full story -
Waiter, There's Metal in My Moon Water
February 21, 2011 — Bring a filter if you plan on drinking water from the moon. Water ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the moon's south pole is accompanied by metallic elements like ... > full story -
Race Against Time to Find Apollo 14's Lost Voyagers: 'Moon Trees'
February 9, 2011 — In communities all across the US, travelers that went to the moon and back with the Apollo 14 mission are living out their quiet lives. The voyagers in question are not astronauts. They're "moon ... > full story -
NASA's New Robotic Lander Prototype Skates Through Integration and Testing
January 26, 2011 — NASA engineers successfully integrated and completed system testing on a new robotic lander recently. The lander prototype will aid NASA's development of a new generation of small, smart, versatile ... > full story -
Water on Moon Originated from Comets
January 11, 2011 — The same researcher who first discovered water on the moon, has now determined the lunar water may have originated from comets smashing into the moon soon after it ... > full story -
NASA Tests New Propulsion System for Robotic Lander Prototype
January 11, 2011 — NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project has completed a series of hot fire tests and taken delivery of a new propulsion system for integration into a more sophisticated free-flying autonomous ... > full story -
Deep Interior of Moon Resembles Earth's Core
January 6, 2011 — The moon has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins. In an attempt to extract ... > full story -
Unprecedented Topographic Map of the Moon
December 17, 2010 — Researchers are creating the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered ... > full story -
Total Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice Coincide on Dec. 21
December 17, 2010 — With frigid temperatures already blanketing much of the United States, the arrival of the winter solstice on Dec. 21 may not be an occasion many people feel like celebrating. But a dazzling total ... > full story -
New Insights Into Formation of Earth, the Moon, and Mars
December 9, 2010 — New research reveals that the abundance of so-called highly siderophile, or metal-loving, elements like gold and platinum found in the mantles of Earth, the moon and Mars were delivered by massive ... > full story
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