Posts tagged: moon
Gingrich promises U.S. moon base by 2020
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has promised to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected in November.
Got $150 million? Get ready to slingshot around the moon
Space Adventures has a new mission: Slinging rich travelers around the moon. With one more passenger, the trips could be just four years away.
NASA Moon Probes Enter Lunar Orbit for New Year’s Eve/Day
The probes will search the moon "from crust to core" in an effort to understand the moon's origins
China aims to put astronauts on moon
China puts its stamp on manned lunar missions, while emphasizing peaceful use of space.
NASA’s Grail probes nearing moon
NASA says its twin Grail space probes were on course to arrive back-to-back at the moon after a 3 1/2-month journey.
Dishing up a moon landing from Down Under
Near a small town in eastern Australia, a huge radio telescope explores space and the travels of spacecraft. During a recent trip down under, CNET stopped by.
Good morning, moon: Supersized lunar eclipse Saturday (video)
Drag yourself out of bed tomorrow morning for this, if you're in the Western United States. There won't be another total lunar eclipse until 2014.
NASA: Anyone seen all the moon rock we’ve lost?
Space agency declares that over 500 pieces of moon rock and other space substances are unaccounted for.
NVIDIA Tegra Powers Rover That Will Land on the Moon
Anyone thinking that the Tegra platform wasn't going to make a name for itself anywhere outside the smartphone and tablet market would be dreadfully wrong. In fact, that would be particularly wrong to say since the technology might end up going beyond the confines of our little planet. ...
Russian Mars moon probe unfixable, set to crash
Russian officials on Tuesday acknowledged that the chances of fixing a space probe bound for a moon of Mars that got stuck in Earth's orbit are close to zero, Russian news agencies reported.
Giant asteroid to get closer than moon
Never mind the recent spate of satellite showers; an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier is sailing toward Earth, NASA says. But don't run for the hills just yet.