Moon
Russia to Send Manned Mission to Moon by 2030
Russian Firm to Roll Out Moon Rover
16:57 12/04/2012
The prototype of the Russian moon rover competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE will be finished by summer, developers said on Thursday.
Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars
13:14 11/04/2012
Recent setbacks have not stopped the Russian space effort but have drastically modified its plans.
1Russia Plans to Launch Lunar Rovers to Moon after 2020
11:51 07/04/2012
Russia plans to send two lunar rovers to Moon after 2020 and a landing station after 2022 as the first steps to form the future manned lunar base there, the country's Academy of Sciences said in its report on Saturday.
1Russia Drafts New Space Exploration Strategy
15:39 13/03/2012
Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to the government a draft of a space exploration strategy until 2030, Kommersant business daily reported on Tuesday.
Back to the Moon
00:40 18/02/2012
The moon is again in the focus of world space exploration. Recently water was discovered on the moon – something scientists did not expect to find. This could lead to the establishment of lunar bases, though, granted, experts still believe it would take enormous amounts of money to make this a reality.
NASA’s Mission Returns First Video of Moon’s Far Side
15:40 02/02/2012
The MoonKAM camera installed on one of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first footage of the far side of the moon.
Manned Moon Shot Possible by 2020 – Roscosmos
12:59 02/02/2012
A crewed mission to the moon is possible by 2020, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Thursday.
1U.S. Presidential Hopeful Promises Moon Base by 2020
13:54 26/01/2012
US Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has promised to build a moon base by 2020 if he becomes the next U.S. President in November, the Former Speaker of the House of Representatives said in an address to a crowd of over 700 people on Florida’s “Space Coast” on Wednesday.
2Roscosmos Revives Permanent Moon Base Plans
12:44 19/01/2012
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is in talks with its European and U.S. partners on the creation of manned research bases on the Moon, the agencies chief, Vladimir Popovkin, said on Thursday.
2NASA puts twin probes in lunar orbit
06:09 02/01/2012
Two robotic probes on a synchronized gravity-mapping mission to the Moon began orbiting the Earth’s natural satellite over the weekend, NASA said on its website.
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