Moon News


Mission Press Releases

  • Touch the Moon at the 34th Annual Mainstrasse Village Maifest
    Johnson Space Center - Friday, May 10, 2013
    Posted on: 5/10/2013 5:29:44 PM PDT

  • Touch The Moon At The Great Plains Science Day
    NASA HQ - Monday, April 29, 2013
    Posted on: 4/29/2013 6:06:53 PM PDT

  • Registration Opens for NASA Night Rover Energy Challenge
    NASA HQ - Thursday, April 4, 2013
    Posted on: 4/4/2013 7:50:35 PM PDT

  • Mineral Analysis Prompts Second Look at Impact Cratering
    Brown University - Wednesday, April 3, 2013
    Posted on: 4/4/2013 12:15:13 AM PDT

  • NASA Scientists Find Moon, Asteroids Share History
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, March 27, 2013
    Posted on: 3/27/2013 9:49:21 PM PDT

  • Building a Lunar Base with 3D Printing
    European Space Agency - Thursday, January 31, 2013
    Posted on: 1/31/2013 6:12:40 PM PDT

  • 3-D Printer Used to Make Parts from Moon Rock
    Washington State University - Sunday, December 9, 2012
    Posted on: 12/9/2012 10:29:50 PM PDT

  • Robotic Explorers May Usher in Lunar 'Water Rush'
    Kennedy Space Center - Tuesday, November 27, 2012
    Posted on: 11/28/2012 3:23:58 AM PDT

  • NASA Lunar Scientists Develop New Theory on Earth and Moon Formation
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Posted on: 10/30/2012 10:41:17 PM PDT

  • Slooh Space Camera Presents Fright Night Along with the Hunter's Moon
    SLOOH - Friday, October 26, 2012
    Posted on: 10/26/2012 9:55:23 PM PDT

  • Massive Planetary Collision May Have Zapped Key Elements from Moon
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Thursday, October 18, 2012
    Posted on: 10/18/2012 2:52:22 PM PDT

  • University of Tennessee study confirms solar wind as source for moon water
    University of Tennessee Knoxville - Monday, October 15, 2012
    Posted on: 10/15/2012 5:07:37 PM PDT

  • Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils
    University of Michigan - Monday, October 15, 2012
    Posted on: 10/15/2012 4:58:17 PM PDT

  • NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Hosts Third Annual 'International Observe the Moon Night'
    Marshall Space Flight Center - Tuesday, September 18, 2012
    Posted on: 9/18/2012 7:57:29 PM PDT

  • Public Invited To International Observe The Moon Night
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Friday, September 14, 2012
    Posted on: 9/14/2012 7:14:30 PM PDT

  • Space Camera to Cover Blue Moon, Solar Flares While Commemorating Life of Neil Armstrong
    SLOOH - Thursday, August 30, 2012
    Posted on: 8/30/2012 2:17:47 PM PDT

  • A "Blue Moon" Heralds the Harvest
    Sky and Telescope - Wednesday, August 29, 2012
    Posted on: 8/29/2012 2:31:47 PM PDT

  • Independently sponsored space telescope to be launched to the Moon and deliver Galaxy Imagery from the lunar surface
    United Technologies Corp. - Thursday, July 26, 2012
    Posted on: 7/26/2012 1:38:34 PM PDT

  • 'Deflector Shields' Protect the Lunar Surface
    Science and Technology Facilities Council - Thursday, July 19, 2012
    Posted on: 7/19/2012 4:51:13 PM PDT

  • NASA Ames Hosts Lunar Science 2012 Forum
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - Wednesday, July 11, 2012
    Posted on: 7/12/2012 12:38:26 AM PDT

  • Mission Status Releases

  • LunGradCon 2013 Virtual Workshop Registration Deadline Approaching
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - June 10, 2013
    Posted on: 6/10/2013 3:00:50 PM PDT

  • Deadline to Submit Abstracts For NASA 2013 Lunar Science Forum is May 8
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - May 7, 2013
    Posted on: 5/7/2013 4:17:58 PM PDT

  • NLSI HQ Seminar Series - Ben Bussey
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - April 12, 2013
    Posted on: 4/12/2013 6:44:56 PM PDT

  • NASA Lunar Science Forum 2013 Will be a VIRTUAL Conference With NO "In-Person" Component This Year
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - April 8, 2013
    Posted on: 4/8/2013 10:12:22 PM PDT

  • NLSI HQ Seminar Series - Ben Bussey: Characterizing Luna Incognita
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - March 18, 2013
    Posted on: 3/18/2013 11:34:45 PM PDT

  • NASA Lunar Science Institute Special Director's Seminar - MLLP
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - February 25, 2013
    Posted on: 2/25/2013 10:23:28 PM PDT

  • Water on the Moon: It's Been There All Along
    University of Michigan - February 18, 2013
    Posted on: 2/19/2013 12:22:27 AM PDT

  • RASSOR, The Moon Mining Robot
    NASA HQ - February 2, 2013
    Posted on: 2/2/2013 8:08:32 PM PDT

  • NASA Notice of Information Collection: NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
    NASA HQ - January 28, 2013
    Posted on: 1/28/2013 4:29:49 PM PDT

  • NLSI HQ Seminar - Space Science From the Moon
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - January 24, 2013
    Posted on: 1/24/2013 4:51:28 PM PDT

  • Apollo's Lunar Dust Data Being Restored
    Goddard Space Flight Center - December 6, 2012
    Posted on: 12/6/2012 11:47:12 PM PDT

  • NLSI Seminar: Jack Burns , University of Colorado, Boulder
    NASA Lunar Science Institute - November 21, 2012
    Posted on: 11/21/2012 10:14:17 PM PDT

  • Proof At Last: Earth's Moon Was Created In a Giant Smashup
    Washington University in St. Louis - October 17, 2012
    Posted on: 10/17/2012 5:17:00 PM PDT

  • NASA holds G+ hangout today for Neil Armstrong and Kennedy's Moon Speech
    NASA HQ - September 12, 2012
    Posted on: 9/12/2012 6:31:47 PM PDT

  • Announcing Lunarcubes Science Briefing at DPS Reno, Nevada
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - September 10, 2012
    Posted on: 9/10/2012 12:29:55 PM PDT

  • Video: From the Earth to the Moon
    Lunar and Planetary Institute - September 8, 2012
    Posted on: 9/8/2012 8:42:57 PM PDT

  • Scientific Preparations for Lunar Exploration with the European Lunar Lander
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - July 27, 2012
    Posted on: 7/27/2012 2:40:30 PM PDT

  • Comparing Moon Boulders: Lunar Orbiter (1967) Vs LRO (2012)
    Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project - July 19, 2012
    Posted on: 7/19/2012 8:08:52 PM PDT

  • Toxicity of Lunar Dust
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - July 2, 2012
    Posted on: 7/2/2012 5:52:39 PM PDT

  • Back to the Moon: The Scientific Rationale for Resuming Lunar Surface Exploration
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - June 6, 2012
    Posted on: 6/7/2012 12:56:11 AM PDT