Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission
The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. The…
The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission
The exploration of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, will continue with Phobos Grunt, a Russian mission to be launched next year. Roscosmos, the Russian national space agency, is…
India’s Chandrayaan-1 Is Adding to Our Understanding of the Moon
There was a time when the words “space exploration” could only mean one thing: the highly competitive, secretive space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. They were the…
Solar System Exploration to Continue
Exploration of our solar system has been ongoing since the first Sputnik Earth orbiter in 1957 and in the 50 years since this a number of missions have been launched…
LCROSS Discovers Water on the Moon
Water on the surface of the Earth’s moon may be the greatest astrogeological discovery since Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the lunar surface back in 1969. Greg Delory, University of…
New Years Eve Ushers in a Partial Lunar Eclipse
December 31, 2009 will bring not only celebrations but a partial lunar eclipse. This is the last eclipse of the year. It will be viewable in Europe, most of Africa,…
Did We Really Walk On The Moon?
“Houston We Have A Problem” Did We Really Walk On The Moon? What would you say if I told you World War II never happened? Or that George Bush is…
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