MOON - SINO DAILY

Oct 18, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists put the Moon to work daily as a calibration source for space-based cameras that use the brightness and colors of sunlight reflecting off our planet t...

Ancient asteroid impact exposes the moon's interior

Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)

"The mantle of the earth is made mostly of a mineral called olivine, and the assumption is usually that all planets are like the Earth," said Jay Melosh, Distin...

Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

Oct 09, 2017 (SPX)

When one looks up at the Moon, dark surfaces of volcanic basalt can be easily seen to fill large impact basins. Those seas of basalt, known as maria, erupted wh...

NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space

Sep 28, 2017 (SPX)

This joint statement reflects the common vision for human exploration that NASA and Roscosmos share. Both agencies, as well as other International Space Station...

Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station

Sep 28, 2017 (XNA)

In a joint statement, signed in Adelaide, Australia, the two agencies declared their intention to cooperate on organizing scientific missions on the lunar orbit...

Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA

Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)

At an annual gathering of 4,000 global space experts in Adelaide, the ESA said the Moon was the "right place to be" as humans expand economic activities beyond ...

Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report

Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)

Beijing sees its multi-billion-dollar forays into space as a symbol of China's rise and the success of the Communist Party in turning around the fortunes of the...

Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project

Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)

The US space agency said earlier this year that it was exploring a programme called the Deep Space Gateway, a multi-stage project to push further into the solar...

'Crash Scene Investigation' Reveals Resting Place of SMART-1 on Moon

Sep 24, 2017 (SPX)

ESA SMART-1 Project Scientist, Bernard Foing, says: "SMART-1 had a hard, grazing and bouncing landing at two kilometres per second on the surface of the Moon. T...

Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shape

Sep 22, 2017 (AFP)

To those who mock such talk as science fiction, experts such as Bernard Foing, ambassador of the European Space Agency-driven "Moon Village" scheme, reply the g...

First steps: returning humanity to the Moon

Sep 21, 2017 (ESA)

By testing the market for transport services to the Moon, ESA aims to push the limits of technology and create new models of space business. Touching down on th...

Researchers create first global map of water in moon's soil

Sep 14, 2017 (SPX)

The study, published in Science Advances, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule - hydroxyl, which consists of one atom each of...

Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway

Aug 22, 2017 (ESA)

The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-...

Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry

Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)

The question of the moon's moistness matters because the amount of water and other volatile (easily evaporated) elements and compounds provide clues to the moon...

Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project

Aug 21, 2017 (Sputnik)

"The automatic interplanetary station Luna-25 will be the first mission of the Russian lunar program. The aim of the project is to create an automatic explorer ...

Reality Bites for Google Lunar X-Prize

Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)

When it was announced in 2007, the GLXP was an inspiration. It gave publicity and credibility to the rapidly emerging "new space" movement, which has spawned do...

Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years

Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)

In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers from MIT and Rutgers University report that a lunar rock collected by NASA's Apollo 15 mission exhibits si...

Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed

Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)

"The Earth's magnetic field is a shield that protects us from dangerous solar wind particles and ionizing radiation, so magnetic fields play a key role in the h...

Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit

Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)

In a paper published in EPJ Plus, Marco Tantardini and Enrico Flamini from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) make the case for taking part in the robotic phase of ...

NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls

Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)

NASA's Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies, or PSDS3, program recently selected a team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to f...