<![CDATA[io9: Lunar Exploration]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Lunar Exploration]]> http://io9.com/tag/lunar exploration http://io9.com/tag/lunar exploration <![CDATA[This Lunar astronaut art is going up in the final space shuttle flight]]> There's something almost unbearably sad and touching about this bright piece of art, depicting astronauts on the Moon. It's going to be included on the very last space shuttle flight, the end of the space program that gave us Apollo. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5603017&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Which Country Will Be The Next To Put An Astronaut On The Moon?]]> President Obama's 2011 budget cut NASA's Constellation program, his predecessor's plan to return humans to the Moon, en route to Mars. With the US government apparently out of the race to return to the Moon, who will now be next? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5463846&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NASA's New Moon Missions Hope To Crash And Burn]]> Don't be too concerned when you hear that latest NASA launch has crashed into the surface of the moon; it doesn't mean that everything's gone wrong. The entire point of one of the two missions is to do just that. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5296080&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Electric Rocket That May Put A Robotic Inchworm On The Moon]]> Here's the "underdog" electric-powered rocket that just may conquer the Moon and win Google's $30 million Lunar X Prize. The Lunatrex rocket uses a slow-but-steady approach, taking months instead of days to reach the Moon. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5280742&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This day in 1970: Apollo 13 Returns Home]]> 39 years ago today, the world let loose a collective sigh of relief, as the Apollo 13 Odyssey Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. This followed a tense week, as the world watched after an on-board explosion nearly cost the lives of astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise on the way to the moon. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5216542&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Apollo 16: Man, we're on our way!]]> Those were the words of Charlie Duke, the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16, which launched 37 years ago today. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5214914&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[China Lands on the Moon - Sort of]]> On Sunday, the Chinese space program announced that their satellite, Chang'e-I, ended its 16 month mapping mission with a planned crash on the lunar surface, destroying the craft. More »
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