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  • Super Moon, meteor shower set to dazzle

    On May 5-6 the full moon will appear larger because it's closer to Earth than any other time of the year.

  • Cassini's spectacular close pass of Saturn's moons (photos)

    While recording ion and neutral mass spectrometer readings from Enceladus' south pole, NASA's Cassini orbiter passes within just 46 miles of the moon, capturing some astounding photos in the process.

  • Looking back at Apollo's Lunar Modules (photos)

    Forty-two years after the first moon landing, we review some key Apollo missions and the vehicles that brought the astronauts to the surface of the moon.

  • Dead Space 2 (photos)

    Dead Space 2 continues the story of Isaac Clarke and his seemingly endless run-ins with the once-human Necromorphs that have taken over a space station on one of Saturn's moons, Titan.

  • NASA's LOLA maps the moon (photos)

    The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter is helping to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape.

  • NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon

    On Friday morning, NASA successfully rammed the LCROSS satellite and a probe into the south pole of the moon in an attempt to search for hidden pockets of ice.

  • Gallery: NASA ready to shoot the moon

    On Friday morning, NASA plans to have two spacecraft crash into the lunar surface to dig up some moon dust and search for water.

  • NASA aiming to shoot the moon

    On Friday morning October 9 at 4:31:19 a.m. PDT, NASA plans to have two spacecraft crash into the lunar surface to dig up some moon dust and search for water. As it races toward the moon, the...

    Blog posts | October 8, 2009 2:02am PDT

  • Google Earth takes you to the moon

    On the 40th anniversary of the moon walk, Google launches the Moon in Google Earth, a way to view the moon and learn about the history of space exploration there.

  • NASA's lost video of original moonwalk

    A Hollywood post-production house is working to re-create images of astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon. Here is how Lowry Digital is approaching the project.

    Videos | July 20, 2009 10:15am PDT

  • Photos: The other Apollo moon landings

    After the Apollo 11 mission, there were five more spaceflights that put men--and lunar rovers--on the moon.

  • To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

    Our third installment in our series is about Rocketdyne, the company which built and designed the mighty rocket engines for the Saturn V.

    Blog posts | July 15, 2009 8:28pm PDT

  • ABC's "Impact": Oh No, Not Again!

    How much more of the "Apocalyptic meteoroid-comet-asteroid-moon gonna hit the Earth/need to save us with a daring suicide mission involving nuclear weapons or a secret government project" genre...

    Blog posts | June 22, 2009 10:56am PDT

  • Moonlight assumes subordinate position for Microsoft Silverlight

    Even the name Moonlight assumes the subordinate position. The Moon has no light of its own. It merely reflects light from a nearby star. In this case, Microsoft.

    Blog posts | May 6, 2009 7:28am PDT

  • Gallery: NASA takes first small step back to moon

    NASA put man's return to the moon in motion as it loaded the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into a truck to be taken from Goddard Space Center Greenbelt, Maryland to Cape Kennedy, Florida where it...

  • Photos: Apollo 8's mission round the moon

    Seven months before the first astronauts landed on the moon, Apollo 8 made a key round trip into lunar orbit.

  • UK plans lunar phone network

    The UK is planning mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists to use mobile phones to communicate with each other

    News items | December 5, 2008 5:44am PST

  • Saturn's mysterious moon

    The Cassini-Huygens space probe uncovers more secrets of Saturn's moons--including a volcano on Titan.

  • Saturn's mysterious moon

    The Cassini-Huygens space probe uncovers more secrets of Saturn's moons--including a volcano on Titan.

  • An history of bilateral teleoperation

    In case you're not familiar with the concept of bilateral teleoperation, this is just a way to remotely control robots. Two researchers have written a technical paper which covers more than 50...

    Blog posts | July 8, 2008 10:21am PDT

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