This is the third article related to the priority of the Moon over Mars and vice versa, as the next target of the space program. First, it was clear that the Moon would provide a good place to start, since it's the closest and more accessible cosmic body that we can get to, and could also give astronauts a ... |
19 November 2008
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While one of our previous articles stated the exact opposite of what you’ve just read, now, NASA is advised otherwise by experts from the Planetary Society (a team of space experts and enthusiasts from more than 125 countries). In a recent report, they claim that the plans made by president Bush, which saw a ma... |
14 November 2008
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On April 23, 1962, 20:50:00 UTC Ranger 4 lifts off into space with the help of an Atlas-Agena B rocket, for a three day journey to the Moon. Ranger 4 was amongst one of the first US missions sent to the Moon to study its surface. It was part of the Ranger program, involving other eight such spacecrafts built by NASA&... |
24 April 2008
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NASA plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2020, but in order to do that it must once again learn what the Moon is like. "Humans will return to the Moon in a few years and have to know what to expect. How do you live and work in a place filled with moondust? We're trying to find out," said James Spann fr... |
11 April 2008
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The surface of the Moon is covered with thousands of craters, some of which deeper than most of the mountains here on Earth and large enough to accommodate a few Grand Canyons. Nonetheless, NASA wants to send a manned mission back to the Moon by the end of 2020, but they hope the next trip to the Moon wouldn't b... |
28 March 2008
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After the press conference that took place in the wake of the launch of the first Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 in October last year, during which a Chinese official stated that the Republic of China had no scheduled mission to send a man on the Moon, now the Chinese Space program picks up the speed and plans to... |
8 January 2008
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Unlike the Apollo missions which took the first man to our natural satellite, the future Crew Exploration Vehicle that will deliver the Lunar Surface Access Module to the surface, after which it will remain on the orbit, will most probably have no humans on board, and will have dual role in the future lunar missions:... |
21 December 2007
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In October China launched its first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, and last week it released a photograph of the moon's surface, as a sign of success of the mission. However, the picture in discussion started a controversy regarding its authenticity, since it is extremely similar to a picture taken by a U.S. orb... |
5 December 2007
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