Moon articles

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  NASA will crash two probes into the moon at nearly 4000 mph today (update)

  By Kimber Streams on December 17, 2012 12:11 pm + 63 comments

  Ebb and Flow, twin spacecraft in NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) program, Continue reading…

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  Apollo 17's 40th anniversary celebrates man's last trip to the moon

  By Chris Welch on December 7, 2012 05:57 pm + 35 comments

  It was 40 years ago today that Apollo 17, the final chapter of NASA's heralded Apollo program, took Continue reading…

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  80 years of sci-fi space helmets in one video

  By Andrew Webster on December 7, 2012 11:17 am + 42 comments

  Space helmets typically feature the same basic elements, but over the years different science Continue reading…

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  Golden Spike promises manned commercial flights to the Moon by 2020

  By Adi Robertson on December 6, 2012 05:11 pm + 55 comments

  Not long after the first commercial resupply mission to the ISS or the unveiling of private asteroid Continue reading…

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  Researchers hope to create 3D-printed tools made of moon rock for use on lunar outposts

  By Justin Rubio on November 28, 2012 02:15 pm + 12 comments

  Researchers at Washington State University are using 3D printing technology to create objects made Continue reading…

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  NASA to deploy water-seeking robot on Moon in 2017, manned lunar base could be next

  By Sean Hollister on November 9, 2012 09:42 am + 104 comments

  50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy told the United States that man would go to the moon. Soon, Continue reading…

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  Death of a hero: the best coverage of Neil Armstrong's life

  By Louis Goddard on August 28, 2012 06:48 am + 7 comments

  Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong's death on Saturday provoked a storm of obituaries and Continue reading…

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  Astronaut Neil Armstrong has died

  By T.C. Sottek on August 25, 2012 03:14 pm + 146 comments

  Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at age 82. As the spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, Continue reading…

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  Hubble telescope finds a fifth moon orbiting former planet Pluto

  By Nathan Ingraham on July 12, 2012 09:27 am + 21 comments

  Despite being ingloriously stripped of "planet" status a few years ago (with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Continue reading…

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  Soviet Luna 24 probe found water on the Moon in 1976, researcher says

  By Adi Robertson on May 30, 2012 09:54 am + 12 comments

  Though it's now widely accepted that water (in the form of ice) exists on the Moon, it took multiple Continue reading…