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In Honor of the Intrepid Men Who Took a Great Leap for Knowledge -- A Glimpse of the Training and Lives of the Seven Astronauts Who Helped Change Science...20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a brilliant tribute to man's landing on the moon, author Craig Downey brings forth the Six Steps to the Moon. He bids readers, especially those interested in science, space, and technology to recall, revere,... In this article: Moon, Scott Carpenter, Leap of faith, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn Jr. |
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Metro | 2 days ago
Moon marks stellar start for Bowie's boy
Moon (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 15, GBP19.99) By ANN LEE - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Moon is the debut full-length feature from Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie Sam Rockwell gives a powerful performance as an astronaut...
In this article: Sam Rockwell, David Bowie, Moon, Easter egg, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Clint Mansell, and Kevin Spacey
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NBC | 4 days ago
IU geologist: Moon water discovery `remarkable'
...An Indiana University geologist who spent years studying lunar soils collected by the Apollo astronauts says NASA's discovery of water on the moon is "remarkable." IU geologist Abhijit Basu (Oh-bee-JEET') (Bah-Soo) says Friday's news that...
In this article: All rights reserved, WTHR, NASA, Apollo, Oxygen, Indiana University, and Dispatch Broadcast Group
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 13, 2009
Water found on Moon by Nasa: Q&A
Here is a Q&A about the discovery of water on the Moon. The equivalent of 24 gallons of frozen water, mixed in with the rock and dust that was thrown into the air when a rocket was deliberately crashed into a crater near the Moon's south...
In this article: NASA, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Chandrayaan-1, Sun, Mars, and India
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Nasa's LCROSS mission proves once and for all there is water on the Moon
A new chapter in space exploration has been opened up after Nasa confirmed that their mission to bomb the Moon had found "significant quantities" of frozen water. An artists's impression of the LCROSS rocket that NASA intentionally crashed...
In this article: NASA, Apollo, Mars, Orion capsule, Ares V, Hydrogen, and Barack Obama
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Independent.co.uk - Science | November 13, 2009
Evidence of water found on moon
...from Nasa said: "We've discovered significant quantities of water in a permanently-shaded crater on the Moon. We're not just talking of water on the Moon, but lots of water. " When LCROSS was crashed into the Moon, it was expected to eject...
In this article: NASA, Hydrogen, Lunar Prospector, and California
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Water found on Moon: Professor Colin Pillinger commentary
...missions to the far reaches of the solar system - and vindicates centuries of astronomers who believed they could see see water on the Moon. Professor Colin Pillinger, planetary scientist at Open University and head of Beagle 2 Mars lander...
In this article: NASA, Colin Pillinger, Apollo, Open University, Barack Obama, and Mars
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Miami Herald | November 13, 2009
NASA: Data indicates there is water on the Moon
...used to be. When something's not right, you get that sinking feeing in your stomach.'' ROCKET MEN: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon. Craig Nelson. Viking. 404 pages. $27.95. The Soviet space program's successful launch of...
In this article: NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, Neil Armstrong, and John F. Kennedy
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Water found on Moon after Nasa 'bombing' mission
A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the Moon, Nasa has announced. Published: 5:32PM GMT 13 Nov 2009 "The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the Moon," the US space agency said in a statement. The...
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CBS | November 10, 2009
Buzz Aldrin Named Moon's Honorary Consul General
...the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy Buzz Aldrin Named Moon's Honorary Consul General A copy was sent to your e-mail address Nov 10, 2009 12:51 pm...
In this article: Buzz Aldrin, E mail, Neil Armstrong, and NASA
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National Geographic News | November 02, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of Google's 3-D Mars, Moon
...pretty popular right now to have these 3-D virtual reality games where you can walk around or sometimes fly around. And in Mars and Moon it's just like that except that you can actually explore another planet and they're based on real data, so...
In this article: Google, Google Earth, Nathaniel Green, NASA, SketchUp, JavaScript, and European Space Agency
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The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is , about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system (the barycentre) is located at about —a quarter the Earth's radius—beneath the surface of the Earth. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the Moon, which repeat every 29.5 days (the synodic period).
The Moon's diameter is , a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth. Thus, the Moon's surface area is less than a tenth of the Earth (about a quarter of Earth's land area, approximately as large as Russia, Canada, and the United States combined), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth's surface.
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