Tag Archives: Exploration of the Moon

SpaceX CRS-6 Mission to ISS is a Go

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After 6 successful missions to the International Space Station, including 5 official resupply missions for NASA, SpaceX is set to launch its 6th official Commercial Resupply (CRS) mission to the...

SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship for NASA

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The night sky over Florida was well lit on Sunday after SpaceX, private spaceflight company, launched the Dragon spacecraft in a spectacular launch event. The spacecraft, designed for the...

SpaceX and Boeing build manned NASA Spaceships

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After three years relying on Russia to transport Astronauts into space, NASA is finally getting back on track on using their own ships. NASA has contracted two private companies to build spaceships....

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket Close to ‘Evolutionary’ Breakthrough

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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, wants to help establish a Mars colony of up to 80,000 people by ferrying explorers to the Red Planet for perhaps...

SpaceX Dragon Successfully Docked With The Space Station

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At 10:06am Eastern time, the SpaceX Dragon successfully berthed with the International Space Station, marking the fourth time that one of the company’s Dragon spacecraft has made the trip...

Chinese Lunar Rover Jade Rabbit is Safe and Sound

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It had been thought to be in a state of disrepair. The Yutu or Jade Rabbit lunar rover, launched from Chinese soil, had survived a freezing night in outer space. Despite the worst fears of the...

Penn State Crowdfunds Lunar Lion Lander

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Earlier this week, Penn State’s Lunar Lion team launched a crowdfunding effort to raise a little over $400,000 towards its goal of putting a lander on the Moon to win Google’s Lunar X-Prize. In order...

China Moon Mission Blasted Off

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China has a new highlight in their space program. They are about to land a rover on the moon. The a Long March-3B rocket just took off in China. It brings a Chang'e-3 lunar probe into space. The...

China will Send a Jade Rabbit Rover to the Moon on Sunday

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China is all set to be the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to land a rover on the moon. Over 190,000 proposals regarding the name of the lunar vehicle were received. Finally, Yutu...