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Asteroid 2024 PT5 Linked to Lunar Surface, Reveals Planetary Defense Insights
Asteroid 2024 PT5, sized like a school bus, passed Earth in January at 1.1 million miles. Research suggests it originated from the moon, ejected thousands of years ago by an impact. Spectral analysis matched it to Apollo 14 lunar rocks, ruling out artificial origins. This is the second known lunar asteroid after 469219 Kamo’oalewa. The study hint...
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Meteorite Impacts Not Solar Wind Are Key to Moon’s Atmosphere, New Research Shows
A new study led by MIT's Nicole Nie has determined that meteorite impacts are the main source of the moon’s atmosphere, with impact vaporization accounting for 70% of the exosphere. Solar wind contributes the remaining 30%. This research, using Apollo lunar soil samples, offers a significant update on how the moon’s atmosphere is sustained.
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NASA Orders to Halt the Sale of Moon Dust Collected During the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...
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NASA to Study Previously Unopened Apollo Sample
As NASA plans to return humans to the Moon in 2024, scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth as part of the the US space agency's final mission of the Apollo programme.
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How Did NASA Put Men On The Moon? One Harrowing Step At A Time
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.
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How a ‘Moon Rock Hunter’ Is Tracking Down Apollo Lunar Souvenirs
Beginning with Apollo 11, which landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and ending with Apollo 17, in December 1972, US astronauts collected 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of rocks and lunar soil.
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"Moon Rock Hunter" On Quest To Track Down Apollo Gifts
After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation -- 135, at the time.
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Apollo Moon Rocks Set to Solve More Puzzles, 50 Years Later
For 50 years, research on these rocks has transformed our understanding of the moon, revealing the circumstances of its birth and the reasons for its mottled face.
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Moon May Have Water Trapped Under Its Surface: Report
The Moon may have huge reservoirs of water trapped under the surface in the form of volcanic glass beads, which could be extracted and used by astronauts in future lunar colonies, scientists have found.
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NASA Chasing Down Asteroid To Scoop Up, Bring Back Samples
NASA is going after an asteroid this week like never before.
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The Tangled Trail Of A Priceless Moon Rock Memento From Apollo 11
Under most circumstances the bag would not have merited a second glance, it being a yellowing flap of fabric encircled by a bronze zipper. The block letters that read "Lunar Sample Return" stitched on the side, however, undermine its unremarkable appearance -- a giveaway the sack had a role in greater things.
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Earth's Head-On Collision With Forming Planet Gave Birth to Moon: Study
The researchers analysed seven rocks brought to the Earth from the moon by the Apollo 12, 15 and 17 missions.
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Chinese Rover Discovers New Type of Volcanic Rock on Moon
Chang'e-3 has spotted volcanic rocks unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions.
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
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Apollo Moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries.
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Asteroid 2024 PT5 Linked to Lunar Surface, Reveals Planetary Defense Insights
Asteroid 2024 PT5, sized like a school bus, passed Earth in January at 1.1 million miles. Research suggests it originated from the moon, ejected thousands of years ago by an impact. Spectral analysis matched it to Apollo 14 lunar rocks, ruling out artificial origins. This is the second known lunar asteroid after 469219 Kamo’oalewa. The study hint...
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Meteorite Impacts Not Solar Wind Are Key to Moon’s Atmosphere, New Research Shows
A new study led by MIT's Nicole Nie has determined that meteorite impacts are the main source of the moon’s atmosphere, with impact vaporization accounting for 70% of the exosphere. Solar wind contributes the remaining 30%. This research, using Apollo lunar soil samples, offers a significant update on how the moon’s atmosphere is sustained.
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NASA Orders to Halt the Sale of Moon Dust Collected During the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...
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NASA to Study Previously Unopened Apollo Sample
As NASA plans to return humans to the Moon in 2024, scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth as part of the the US space agency's final mission of the Apollo programme.
-
How Did NASA Put Men On The Moon? One Harrowing Step At A Time
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.
-
How a ‘Moon Rock Hunter’ Is Tracking Down Apollo Lunar Souvenirs
Beginning with Apollo 11, which landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and ending with Apollo 17, in December 1972, US astronauts collected 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of rocks and lunar soil.
-
"Moon Rock Hunter" On Quest To Track Down Apollo Gifts
After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation -- 135, at the time.
-
Apollo Moon Rocks Set to Solve More Puzzles, 50 Years Later
For 50 years, research on these rocks has transformed our understanding of the moon, revealing the circumstances of its birth and the reasons for its mottled face.
-
Moon May Have Water Trapped Under Its Surface: Report
The Moon may have huge reservoirs of water trapped under the surface in the form of volcanic glass beads, which could be extracted and used by astronauts in future lunar colonies, scientists have found.
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NASA Chasing Down Asteroid To Scoop Up, Bring Back Samples
NASA is going after an asteroid this week like never before.
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The Tangled Trail Of A Priceless Moon Rock Memento From Apollo 11
Under most circumstances the bag would not have merited a second glance, it being a yellowing flap of fabric encircled by a bronze zipper. The block letters that read "Lunar Sample Return" stitched on the side, however, undermine its unremarkable appearance -- a giveaway the sack had a role in greater things.
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Earth's Head-On Collision With Forming Planet Gave Birth to Moon: Study
The researchers analysed seven rocks brought to the Earth from the moon by the Apollo 12, 15 and 17 missions.
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Chinese Rover Discovers New Type of Volcanic Rock on Moon
Chang'e-3 has spotted volcanic rocks unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions.
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
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Apollo Moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries.
