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Apollo Relic Reveals its SecretsIn 1967, Surveyor 3 landed on the Moon. Two years later, Apollo astronauts visited the little unmanned spacecraft and brought pieces of it home to Earth. Now, a portion of Surveyor's robotic arm, the scoop it used to sample moondust, is teaching researchers some long-lost secrets.Read more... Solstice Moon IllusionSometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. Check out the full Moon on June 18th and prepare to be deceived!Read more... NASA Goddard has more than a dozen exciting missions in next year30 Jun 2008 at 9:00pm (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, located in Greenbelt, Md., has the lead on many exciting space missions launching in the next year. These missions include a final repair trip to upgrade the famous Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft to study powerful gamma-rays, the moon, the sun, and Earth's weather and pollution. "This is one of the busiest periods in the history of Goddard," said Rick Obenschain, acting director of Goddard.Read more... Space farming takes root27 May 2008 at 4:47am When Neil Armstrong took one small step onto the moon in 1969, it seemed only a matter of time before the advent of thriving space colonies and summer vacations on distant planets. But after an initial flurry of moon landings, manned lunar expeditions dwindled: the last time an astronaut left his footprints on the moon was in 1972.Read more... Edge-on!23 Aug 2007 at 11:30pm ESO 37/07 - Press Photo: As Uranus coasts through a brief window of time when its rings are edge-on to Earth - a view of the planet we get only once every 42 years - astronomers peering at the rings with ESO's Very Large Telescope and other space or ground-based telescopes are getting an unprecedented view of the fine dust in the system, free from the glare of the bright rocky rings. They may even find a new moon or two.Read more... HAWK-I Takes Off22 Aug 2007 at 6:30am ESO 36/07 - Instrument Release: Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument - dubbed HAWK-I - covers about 1/10th the area of the Full Moon in a single exposure. It is uniquely suited to the discovery and study of faint objects, such as distant galaxies or small stars and planets.Read more... Portrait of a Dramatic Stellar Crib21 Dec 2006 at 3:00am ESO 50/06 - Press Photo: A new, stunning image of the cosmic spider, the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings, finally pays tribute to this amazing, vast and intricately sculpted web of stars and gas. The newly released image, made with ESO's Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-m ESO/MPG Telescope at La Silla, covers 1 square degree on the sky and could therefore contain four times the full Moon.Read more... The Great Easter Egg Hunt13 Apr 2006 at 5:00pm ESO Press Photo 14/06: An image made of about 300 million pixels is being released by ESO, based on more than 64 hours of observations with the Wide-Field Camera on the 2.2m telescope at La Silla (Chile). The image covers an 'empty' region of the sky five times the size of the full moon, opening an exceptionally clear view towards the most distant part of our universe. It reveals objects that are 100 million times fainter than what the unaided eye can see.Read more... China confirms Moon probe in 2007KAZINFORM - China will launch its first lunar probe this year, and expects to be able to land a man on the Moon within 15 years, a senior space official has ...China to launch moon probe in 2007 PRESS TVMan on moon possible within 15 years China DailyChina could put astronauts on moon in 15 years: expert ABC Newsall 98 news articles »Read more... China Confirms Moon Probe In 2007China will launch its first lunar probe this year, and expects to be able to land a man on the Moon within 15 years, a senior space official has confirmed, ...China's First Moon Mission Confirmed ShortNews.comall 2 news articles »Read more... Scientists Cast Hand Shadows On Moon During Lunar EclipseEasily visible on the surface of the moon were rabbit figures, a duck's head, a peace sign, Dolly Parton's breasts, and obscene hand gestures. ...Lint rollers may collect dangerous Moon dust New Scientist (subscription)all 3 news articles »Read more... When the blue moon turned to red ...The skies stayed clear for stargazers across Times Territory to look upwards and see the moon take on a reddish glow. Lunar eclipses happen when the sun, ...'Blood Moon' over Dorset Dorset EchoDark side of the moon Belfast TelegraphEclipse wows Suffolk stargazers Suffolk Evening StarHerts 24 - Sommerset County Gazetteall 8 news articles »Read more... A Grey Moon over ChinaA Grey Moon over China (Black Heron Press, 465 pages, $25.95) is a novel that extrapolates today's political climate into a far-from-utopian future. ...Read more... Germany plans Moon missionThe German Air and Space Centre (DLR) is planning its first independent mission to the Moon. If all goes to plan, a satellite will orbit the Moon for four ...Read more... Whole of the moonThe moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of grey and orange during the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years. ...Perfect skies as lunar eclipse provides a remarkable display Sheffield Todayall 2 news articles »Read more... | |||||
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