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NASA's return to the Moon dropped by Obama
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to scrap NASA’s Moon-bound Constellation program and turn to private companies for launching astronauts into space provoked a strong bipartisan rebuke from the Alabama, Florida and Texas congressional delegations several days before the president was slated to deliver his annual budget request to Congress.
Note: Source: Space News story by Amy Klamper.
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A team of researchers has discovered the first evidence of water on the moon. A new type of chemical analysis has spotted the telltale signs of water molecules inside tiny beads of volcanic glass brought to Earth decades ago by the Apollo astronauts.
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Flying to the moon maybe reserved for lucky astronauts, but for everyone else at least sending your namesake is possible with a new NASA program.
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Crashing into the moon in search of frozen water
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Relying on heritage technology derived from parts on previous space missions, a spacecraft on a budget will guide a spent rocket stage on a collision course with the moon early next year to search for signs of permanently frozen water hidden inside craters near the lunar poles.
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Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet
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Scientists with the European Space Agency (Esa) say the day when flowers bloom on the Moon has come closer.
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