Keith’s note: China has launched its Change’e-5 mission to return samples from the Moon. The launch aboard a Long March 5 rocket went off as planned and the spacecraft is […]
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NASA Drops The Ball With Its Own "Exciting" News – Again (Update)
Baffling: After news about water in lunar regolith @NASA is not highlighting decades of #ISRU research. They had time to prepare follow-up news and run with it by featuring all […]
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Looks Like The Moon Has Water All Over The Place
NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon, NASA “NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the […]
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Lunar Community Speaks Up About Exploration Plans
Community Letter regarding NASA’s Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program “As you are aware, the Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program (LDEP) is the continuation of a credible plan to re-engage in […]
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Dear NASA: Please Tell Us More About Your New #Moon2024 Suit
What will astronauts wear on moonwalks in 5 years? We're currently working on options for our #Moon2024 mission + beyond. We'll have a transition suit for 1st mission + modern […]
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Lunar Community Responds To Resource Prospector Cancellation (Update)
LEAG Letter To NASA Administrator Bridenstine Regarding Resource Prospector Mission “We wrote to Drs. Gerstenmaier and Zurbuchen to describe the community-wide support for RP on 2 March 2018, after the […]
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White Paper on Cislunar Development
Aerospace Corporation White paper: Cislunar Development: What to Build – and Why “The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new policy paper that explores future […]
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Lunar Community Support For NASA FY 2019 Budget
Letter From Lunar Research Community To Congress Regarding NASA Lunar Exploration and Discovery Program Budget “We write today to express our enthusiastic support for the FY 2019 Budget Request for […]
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Hearing on Private Sector Lunar Exploration
Hearing on Private Sector Lunar Exploration “September 7, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology will hold a Subcommittee on Space hearing titled, Private Sector Lunar […]
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More NASA History Destroyed in Alabama (Update)
Heroic Junkyard Owner Says He Saved Priceless Moon Rover From Scrap Heap, Motherboard “Tuesday, we told the sad story of a prototype NASA lunar rover that was sold by an […]