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NASA spacecraft makes major discovery in 'permanent darkness'
New data collected by NASA spacecraft could help the space agency get closer to establishing the first off-Earth base.
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NASA spacecraft captured the moment the Korean ship flew in the opposite direction
NASA's lunar probe captured the moment Danuri, a South Korean spacecraft operating in a nearly parallel orbit, whizzed by.
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Detecting a moon crater with a temperature suitable for living people
Using data from the LRO spacecraft, NASA experts found that the temperature in the crater in the Mare Tranquilitatis region on the Moon was only about 17 degrees Celsius.
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NASA found the 8-year lost spacecraft on the Moon's orbit
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) located the two unmanned spacecraft around the Moon, including India's Chandrayaan-1, which has disappeared since 2009.
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The moon appears a fracture due to Earth attraction
A new study, published in the journal Geology, shows that the surface of the Moon has many convex cracks due to the force of attraction from the Earth.
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Moon eclipse NASA's satellite threat
The real superhuman event that will take place next Sunday will likely threaten one of NASA's important exploration tools.
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Evidence of flags on the moon still exists
The image from the US Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft indicates that flags brought by the spacecraft on the moon exist, except for the Apollo 11 flag.
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'Hell' does not light throughout ... 2 billion years on the Moon
There are places on the Moon that have been billions of years of sunshine and only illuminated by an unmanned NASA spacecraft.
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Revealing the secret half-moon of the Moon
The Moon always hides its other side. What is the shape? What's special? The answer is clear. Scientists have recently suggested that the other half of the Moon is volca…
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The violent evolution of the Moon
The moon is thought to have formed since a Mars-sized planet hit our Earth 4.5 billion years ago, creating billions of tons of hot matter in the universe and forming the…
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Close-up of the 'super deep hole' moon
In November 2011, NASA's LRO spacecraft flew through the Aristarchus wormhole of the moon. The photographs showed the diameter of the pit up to 40km and its depth of mor…
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The dark side of the Moon gradually
The Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe from NASA has for the first time captured images of the dark side of the Moon with a resolution 100 times higher than ...
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Astronauts can use water from the Moon
NASA published the results of the study of the data obtained from the LCROSS spacecraft launch experiment ...
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Found 37-year-old missing autonomous vehicle on the Moon
Scientists found the location of a Soviet self-propelled Lunar explorer named Lunakhod-2, missing 37 years ago.
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Latest photos of the moon
NASA's Moon orbit - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the latest images of the moon.