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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to launch a rocket to the moon. UPDATE: 2:28: The launch “has been called off for today,” the ISRO posted on Twitter.
But when the re-schedule launch happens, you can watch it live on two YouT… Continue reading India Plans Historic Launch of a Rocket to the Moon
One of the original designers of a pioneering Apollo Moon experiment is leading an effort to create an upgraded version for future lunar landing missions. A team under professor emeritus at the University of Maryland (UMD), Doug Currie are de… Continue reading NASA green lights upgrade of Apollo era lunar laser experiment
You know what planets are. You’re familiar with moons. But what do you get when you cross the two? “Ploonets,” according to astronomers from Australia and Colombia. These weird, hypothetical objects start life as a moon circling a giant plane… Continue reading Hypothetical "ploonets" would blur the lines between planets and moons
Meet ploonets: planets of moonish origin. In other star systems, some moons could escape their planets and start orbiting their stars instead, new simulations suggest. Scientists have dubbed such liberated worlds “ploonets,” and say that current telesc… Continue reading Moons That Escape Their Planets Could Become ‘Ploonets’
PolygamousRanchKid quotes a report from The Independent: A mistake made during the Apollo 11 moon landing could have brought lunar germs to the Earth, astronauts have revealed. When the three astronauts flew to the Moon and back, exactly 50 years ago t… Continue reading Moon Landing Could Have Infected the Earth With Lunar Germs, Say Astronauts
“From JFK’s real motives to the Soviets’ secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago,” writes schwit1 sharing a new article from Smithsonian magazine titled “What You Didn’t Know Ab… Continue reading What You Didn’t Know About the Apollo 11 Mission
NASA has awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Astrobotic a US$5.6 million contract to build a new suitcase-sized robotic lunar rover that could land on the Moon as soon as 2021. One of 12 proposals selected as part of the agency’s Lun… Continue reading NASA taps Carnegie Mellon to build small, speedy MoonRanger lunar rover
The history of the Moon in cinema is a compelling parallel to the story of the Moon in popular consciousness. As the world’s perception of the Moon has changed, so have the cinematic stories we tell, and this chronology of the Moon on film te… Continue reading The story of the Moon across a century of cinema
When it comes to the quest for artifacts from the Space Race of the 1960s, few items are more sought after than flown hardware. Oh sure, there have been stories of small samples of the 382 kg of moon rocks and dust that were returned at the cost of something …read more
Earlier this week, Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos explained how its spacecraft will eventually be powered with fuel harvested from the moon. CNBC reports: “We know things about the moon now we didn’t know about during the Apollo days,” Bezos… Continue reading Bezos Says Blue Origin Will One Day Refuel Its Lunar Lander With Ice From the Moon