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»» NASA Lunar Scientists Develop New Theory on Earth and Moon Formation
[Tuesday, October 30, 2012] New research, funded by the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), theorizes that our early Earth and moon were both created together in a giant collision of two planetary bodies that were each five times the size of Mars.
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»» NASA's LADEE Spacecraft Gets Final Science Instrument Installed
[Friday, October 26, 2012] Engineers at NASAs Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have installed the third and final science instrument that will fly onboard NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE).
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»» Massive Planetary Collision May Have Zapped Key Elements from Moon
[Thursday, October 18, 2012] Fresh examinations of lunar rocks gathered by Apollo mission astronauts have yielded new insights about the moon's chemical makeup as well as clues about the giant impacts that may have shaped the early beginnings of Earth and the moon.
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»» Proof At Last: Earth's Moon Was Created In a Giant Smashup
[Wednesday, October 17, 2012] It's a big claim, but Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientist Frederic Moynier says his group has discovered evidence that the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body the size of Mars collided with the early Earth.
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»» University of Tennessee study confirms solar wind as source for moon water
[Monday, October 15, 2012] Three years ago University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers helped to discover water on the surface of the moon. Now, they are piecing together the origin of that water: solar wind.
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»» Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils
[Monday, October 15, 2012] The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, a University of Michigan researcher and his colleagues have concluded
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»» Astrobotic Unveils Lunar Polar Robot
[Tuesday, October 9, 2012] Astrobotic today announced completion of a prototype lunar prospecting rover, Polaris, to search for water ice at the Moon's poles.
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»» Papers Invited for Special Issue of Advances in Space Research on Lunar Science
[Monday, September 24, 2012] Papers are invited for a special issue of Advances in Space Research on "Lunar Science."
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»» NASA Planetary Data System Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release II
[Monday, September 24, 2012] The NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce a new delivery of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data for the following instruments: CRaTER, DLRE, LAMP, LEND, LOLA and LROC.
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»» NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice Draft Announcement: Joint SMD/HEOMD Science and Exploration Institute/Request for Comments
[Wednesday, September 19, 2012] NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) intend to release a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) for the NEW NASA science and exploration institute.
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»» Neil Armstrong's Burial at Sea
[Friday, September 14, 2012] U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Paul Nagy, USS Philippine Sea, and Carol Armstrong, wife of Neil Armstrong, commit the cremated remains of Neil Armstrong to sea during a burial at sea.
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»» LRO image of the Moon: Alphonsus Crater Mantled Floor Fracture
[Tuesday, September 4, 2012] LROC NAC closeup of a fracture in the floor of Alphonsus crater. Dark pyroclastic materials are intermixed with lighter rocks and boulders from the fracture walls and all appear to have moved in streamers toward the fracture floor at upper right.
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»» SMART-1 Impact Site on the Moon
[Monday, September 3, 2012] Six years ago today, the satellite was deliberately crashed at the site circled in this image, which lies within a region known as the Lake of Excellence, located at mid-southern latitudes on the lunar near-side.
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»» NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Begin Extended Mission Science
[Friday, August 31, 2012] NASA's twin, lunar-orbiting Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft began data collection for the start of the mission's extended operations.
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»» Image: Blue Moon over the South America As Seen by EUMESAT's MSG-3
[Friday, August 31, 2012] Blue Moon over the south American region, seen during the MGS-3 commissioning phase, consisting of five-minute rapid scans of the Earth and Moon.
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