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Last Person on the Moon Passes Away
Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, has died. Cernan commanded NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and, upon landing on Earth’s Moon, logged more than 73 hours exploring the Lunar surface. “It is with very deep sadness that we share the loss of our beloved…
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3D-Printing Spider Bots Could Build a City on the Moon
German engineering company Siemans has developed a team of spider-like robots with on-board 3D printers capable of working together in extreme conditions to contruct buildings and structures, and the engineers behind the project are training these Siemans Spiders – or SiSpis – to be able to build a colony on…
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Apollo 11 Code Now on GitHub
When it comes to historic spacecraft, the Apollo 11 is a big one. With this in mind, the source code for Apollo 11’s guidance computer has been available online for years but now it’s available on GitHub. The source code was made available by former NASA intern Chris Garry and features…
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Pokémon Sun And Moon Revealed!
This year is a big year for Pokémon as the franchise enjoys its 20th Anniversary, with a series of big events and rumours flying around to help reveal and rekindle everyone’s childhood dream of becoming a Pokémon master. That dream could become a little harder with the revelation that the two new…
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Images Of Saturn’s Moon Titan Reveal Magic Island
The human race can do amazing things, we’ve discovered how the universe works, figured out the theory of black holes and even set foot on the Moon. With plans ahead to land and even live on Mars, it’s no surprise we are also paying attention to other objects in space.…
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China Releases True Colour HD Photos of the Moon
The China National Space Administration has released a series of beautiful images from its recent moon mission. The photos – all true colour and high definition, taken by the Chang’e 3 lunar lander and Yutu rover in 2013 – are available for download from the Chinese Science and Application Center…
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NASA Wants to Install a Robot on an Asteroid and Push into Orbit around the Moon
NASA has unveiled its ambitious plan to collect a massive space rock, attach a robotic space craft, and move the rock into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), planned for some time during the 2020s, will allow astronauts to explore the surface of the rock and…
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Russia Planning a Permanent Manned Moonbase
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has announced plans to establish a permanent manned base on the moon within the next 15 years. Roscosmos aims to launch a probe to scout Lunar locations in 2024, and has already started construction on the Luna 25 lander that will send its people up…
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Billionaire Wants to Start Mining the Moon in 2016
Could the Moon and its resources be used to aid humanity in the future? Naveen Jain, co-founder and chairman of California-based company Moon Express, explains that their plan is to explore the Moon for “resources of benefit to humanity”. The Moon is known for its vast riches like gold, cobalt,…
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Caves on the Moon Could House Astronauts in the Future
When you look at the moon what do you see? Craters or holes? Well there are both on the surface of our moon and according to NASA the holes in the moons surface could mean big underground cave systems. NASA wants to utilize these cave systems as shelter for astronauts as…
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Boeing Start Work on 200-foot NASA SLS Rocket
Moving further out in to space is still one of NASAs main goals, but to do so would require new and more up to date rocket technology. Fortunately, Boeing have just been given the green-light and a wad of cash to be begin work on the new Space Launch System…
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NASA’s Cassini Visits Titan, Gathering Data on Lakes
The NASA Cassini spacecraft flew by the Saturn’s moon of Titan recently, as researchers want to gain more knowledge about the intriguing smoggy moon. During the mission, scientists bounced a radio signal from Titan’s surface to Earth, more than 1 billion miles away, using Saturn’s moon as a mirror. The…
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Superfast Internet Now A Possibility…. On The Moon
The internet as we know it today is one of man’s basic commodities, sitting alongside other basic products such as food and water. If you think about it as well, we can all relate to this modern need, after all, how lost do you feel when you can’t get online…
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NASA Starts Taking Contracts for Moon Mining Robot Operation
While the concept of mining the Moon is still in its early stages, NASA have begun to accept applications from private companies who are seeking to do just that. Out of the applicants, NASA will select one company to create a prospecting robot which can be send to the moon…
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Chinese Jade Rabbit Rover Lands On Moon
China has announced yesterday that they successfully landed their craft on the moons surface, and later deployed their Jade Rabbit rover, a great success for the nation as their look to further their efforts for space exploration. The mission was the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years!…
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