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Teams shoot for the moon

The ROMIT rover rolls around the lunar surface in this artist's conception. Euroluna (European Lunar Exploration Association) is headquartered in Denmark and is led by Palle Haastrup. Team members range in age from their teens to their 60s. Team FredNet's ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23284596/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/teams-shoot...

Scientists Bounce Laser Beams Off Old Soviet Moon Rover

Scientists have successfully bounced a laser off the Soviet Union's old Lunokhod 1 rover, which trekked across the moon's landscape more than four decades ago. Lunokhod 1 was the first remote-controlled rover ever to land on another celestial body. The ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51714412/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/scientists-...

No lunar eclipse in your locale? You can watch the moon darken online

Looking for a darkening moon? Thursday's partial lunar eclipse will be particularly subtle, and it won't be visible at all from North America — but you can still catch the show, such as it is, on the Web. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth's ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/24/17901304-no-lunar-eclipse-in-your-...

Scientists respond to planet hunter's plight with pointers – and poetry

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NASA is getting plenty of advice — and sympathy — as it assesses ... and is now a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University. One option would be to try turning on reaction wheel 2, which failed last July.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/18/18328881-scientists-respond-to-pla...

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Exploration of the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Updated May. 17, 2013

The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made an impact on the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Moon

Moon Exploration, Lunar Exploration Information, Moon Landing ...

Updated May. 14, 2013

Get information, facts, photos, news, videos, and more about moon exploration and moon landings from National Geographic.http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/space-exploration/moon-explo...

NASA - Why The Moon?

Updated May. 15, 2013

Six justifications for NASA's new plans to establish a lunar base, including "enable eventual settlement".http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/why_moon.html

Lunar Exploration

Updated May. 17, 2013

Includes an exploration timeline with past and future missions, and data.http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/