Japan plans robotic moon base by 2020

India claim "signs of life" on Moon

In a controversial story this week the Indian space agency have claimed that their Chandrayaan-1 space probe detected signs of organic matter on the lunar surface inNovember. Research to confirm the find isongoing."Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) are on the brink of a path-breaking discovery. . They may have found signs of life in some form or the other on theMoon." View: Full Article | Source: DNAI...

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Did Earths moon form around Mercury ?

A controversial new theory has been proposed suggesting that our moon didn"t form around the Earth but instead formed in orbit around Mercury and later migrated out until it was caught by Earth"sgravity and roped in to orbit."The moon may have been adopted by our planetinstead of descended from it. . If a new twist on a decades-old theory is right, conditions in the early solar system suggest the moon formed inside Mercury"s or...

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Much more water found in lunar rocks

A new study of rocks returned by the Apollo missions has revealed that the moon has far more water on it than thought.Scientists found 100 times more water existed within the moon"s minerals than was previously believed and that there could be enough water on the moon to fill the Great Lakes two-and-a-halftimes over. The Moon might be much wetter than previously thought, a groupof scientists has said. . A US-led team analysed the mineral apatite in lunar rocks picked up by the Apollo s...

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Armstrongs poetic slip on Moon

A linguistic analysis has confirmed that Neil Armstrong did miss out the "a" in his "one small step for man" speech when he first set foot on the Moon in 1969, it is thought he missed out the letter due to the pressure of the trip."NeilArmstrong missed out an "a" and did not say "one small step for a man" when he set foot on the Moon in 1969, a linguistic analysis has confirmed." View: Full Article | Source: BBC News...

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Tunnels on Moon can habitate humans

India"s Chandrayaan-1 has found tunnels below the surface of the Moon that could one day be a home to humans.Indian space officials have said that the tunnels are thought to have been formed by lava and could offer the perfect shelter for humans in the futurelooking to live on the Moon. India"s Chandrayaan-1 mission has identified tunnels below the surface of theMoon, a top space scientist said on Wednesday and maintained that human habitation could be possible in those "tubes" in the...

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Moon too dry to have life, say scientists

Scientists believe that despite water being found on the moon it is still too dry to have ever supported life.A lack of hydrogen in the magma oceans during the moon"s formation would have meant very little water, far too little to support life. Contrary to recent reports aboutwater content in lunar rocks, the Moon may be quite dry, say scientists. Astudy by US researchers, published in Science, analysed chlorine isotopes of the much-studied samples, brought to Earth by the Apollo space...

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Neil Armstrong speaks out about moonwalk

Neil Armstrong has offered new details about the distance he travelled on the moon.On Apollo 11"s visit to the moon Armstrong and Aldrin were limited in how far they could go due to uncertainties about how long the water-cooling system on their spacesuits would last and because they wererequired to perform experiments in front of a fixed camera. Apollo 11 astronaut NeilArmstrong may be notoriously private, but the first man on the moon recently reached out to a reporter to share s...

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Space Adventures offer flights to the Moon

US company plans to offer space flight tours including a breathtaking trip around the moon.For $150 million per person, per trip, one US company has partnered with the Russian Federal Space Agency to take peopleup into space. Two individuals at a time will be launched with one Russian mission commander to spend 10 days aboard the International Space Station before going around the moon and returning home. Fifty yearsafter the first American astronaut rocketed into space, one comme...

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Will Super Moon cause widespread disaster ?

Richard Nolle claims that on the moon"s closest approach on March 19th chaos will ensue.Referring to the event as an "extreme supermoon" Nolle believes that the event will generate a series of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic erruptions and huge storms. While it sounds far-fetched scientists have been studying thepossibilities of similar scenarios for decades. On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than ithas in the past 18 years, lighting up the...

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Russia to send men to the Moon ?

A leaked document suggests Russia is planning on embarking on a manned mission to the Moon.The document details plans to "conduct a demonstrative manned circumlunar test flight with the subsequent landing of cosmonauts on [the Moon’s] surface and their return to Earth" with a deadline of 2030. In the early days of the original space race, Russia look set to beat the US to the Moonwhen it became the first nation to put a man in space and to launch a satellite. Now, several decades on, ...

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