NASA considering an outpost on the moon
February 13th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 3rd of February memo from NASA has revealed that a man-tended outpost is being considered in space. The new structure is proposed to be installed ... Read more...
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NASA films far side of moon
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Rare and spectacular video footage of the far side of the Moon has been captured by a NASA spacecraft, The Telegraph reported Thursday.One whole face of ... Read more...
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NASA’s Orion ‘moon’ craft that could put man on asteroid unveiled
March 23rd, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): US aerospace firm Lockheed Martin on Tuesday unveiled a test version of a NASA shuttle that will allow astronauts to fly to and from the International Space ... Read more...
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Plans afoot for astronauts to orbit moon’s far side
November 26th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Scientists want to explore the far side of the moon using a manned spacecraft for the first time since the Apollo landings of 1968.Engineers with aerospace giant Lockheed ... Read more...
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New study explains formation of mysterious moon ‘bulge’
November 12th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the bulge of elevated topography on the far side of the moon could be the result of tidal forces acting early in ... Read more...
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Magnetic anomalies shielding Moon’s surface from solar winds
September 24th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that magnetized regions called magnetic anomalies, mostly on the far side of the Moon, strongly deflected the solar wind, shielding the Moon's surface.This will help ... Read more...
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Water presence on Moon may hamper plans for lunar astronomy
September 21st, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): Space scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are concerned that the recent discovery of water on the moon could hamper lunar astronomy.They said that the scattering caused ... Read more...
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‘Lunar bridge’ discovered on far side of Moon
September 9th, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 9 (ANI): NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has discovered a natural lunar bridge on the far side of the Moon.Mark Robinson, Principal Investigator of the LRO Camera team, said ... Read more...
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World’s first thermal images of Moon’s dark side unveiled
October 8th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 8 (ANI): The world's first thermal images of the dark side of the moon have been unveiled.According to a report in the Telegraph, the pictures were captured by a specialist ... Read more...
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Findings from India’s Chandrayaan to provide new understanding of lunar surface
September 18th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 18 (ANI): India's Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) has gathered data for a total of 30 solar flares, giving the most accurate measurements to date of magnesium, aluminum, silicon, calcium, and ... Read more...
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‘Hidden photons’ may be used to send secret emails through Earth
April 27th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 27 (ANI): A team of scientists has proposed the possibility of hypothetical particles called "hidden photons" being used to send secret emails through the Earth.According to a report in New ... Read more...
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Scientists unveil first gravity map of moons far side
February 16th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): The first detailed map of the gravity fields on the Moons far side has shown that craters there are different than those on the near side, which ... Read more...
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Moons far side may have once faced Earth
January 22nd, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): An analysis of lunar impact craters has shown that the far side of the Moon may have once pointed our way.Mark Wieczorek and Matthieu Le Feuvre at ... Read more...
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Volcanoes shook up Moons far side for far longer than previously believed
November 7th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): New images from the Japanese lunar satellite KAGUYA have revealed dark seas of volcanic rock that are as young as 2.5 million years old, which indicates that ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan a remote-sensing champion: Europe
October 22nd, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 22 (IANS) The European Space Agency (ESA) hailed Wednesday's successful launch of the lunar mission Chandrayaan and said it was a new opportunity for Europe to strengthen ties ... Read more...
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Indian spacecraft will try to unravel moon’s origins
October 16th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 16 (IANS) India's lunar explorer, Chandrayaan-1, will try to unravel the moon's origins as it scouts for minerals and water there, according to project director M. Annadurai.When Chandrayaan ... Read more...
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Mars Express acquires sharpest images of Martian moon Phobos
August 1st, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, August 1 (ANI): Using the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), ESAs (European Space Agencys) Mars Express has acquired the sharpest images of the Martian moon Phobos.The images were clicked when ... Read more...
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India’s lunar mission vital for exploring Mars: Kalam
June 26th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 26 (IANS) India's upcoming lunar mission is vital for space explorations as moon will become an intermediate platform for Mars, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here Thursday. With five ... Read more...
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Astronomer suggests conserving lunar crater for radio astronomy
March 24th, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by admin
London, March 24 (ANI): An astronomer has suggested that a crater in the center of the far side of the moon should be conserved, as it is an ideal location for ... Read more...
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Lunar telescope will study the dark ages of the Universe
March 12th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 12 (ANI): A team of scientists and engineers, led by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), are going to design a telescope based on the moon, that would study the dark ... Read more...
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New lunar telescopes would probe the formation of the earliest structures in the Universe
February 20th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): NASA has selected a proposal by an MIT-led team to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes on the far side of the moon that would probe ... Read more...
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