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• August 28th: Another Full Lunar Eclipse

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Photo, Full, Lunar Eclipse, 8 28, Funny

  On Tuesday, August 28th, there's going to be a dreamy, colorful, total eclipse of the Moon.Science.Nasa.govMoreover, rarely do all the factors line up: lighting, distance, clarity, composition, etc. so that a terrific picture is taken. This is such a time. Now everyone can view a spectacular view of the moon from an aircraft.

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• Chang'e I to Purposely Crash into the Moon

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:46 am

  Tags: International Education, Chang E 1, China, Chinese, Landing, Lunar, Moon

  dispose of China's circumlunar exploration satellite, Chang'e I, named after the Chinese goddess are being tossed about.The three options thusfar: 1. land it on the moon2. bring it back to earth3. crash it into the moon The current thought is to have it purposely bump into the

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• Every Inch of Moon Surface to be Mapped

  Published: August 10, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: International Education, Chang E 1, China, Chinese, Craft, Landing, Lunar, Map, Moon, Phase

  launch the Chang'e One lunar orbiter. The craft will take 3D images and send them back home.China has three phases to its lunar exlporation program.1. Orbit the moon....then crash into it.

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• Don't Forget The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th

  Published: August 11, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Total, Lunar Eclipse, Aug28

  Lunar Eclipse Diagrams The following diagrams show the Moon's path through Earth's shadows (higher resolution versions of the above figure). The times of major stages of the eclipse are given for a number of time zones in North America. Please choose the diagram for your own time zone. Each diagram is a GIF file with a size of about 100k.

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• Red Neck Lunar Eclipse Watching

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Science, Lunar Eclipse

  this morning, there was full lunar eclipse.I had seen a solar eclipse before, but not a lunar one.When I read that it was going to be best seen on the west coast, I thought, gee, that's us...maybe we should get up and take a look.I set the alarm clock for 2:15am. It went off at 1:47am. My wife and I stepped out on our front porch and sure

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• Test-driving lunar rovers

  Published: August 13, 2007, 9:35 am

  Tags: Lunar, K10 Red, Rover, Nasa

  NASA is gearing up to put autonomous rovers on the moon for the first time in 2020, so to simulate the lunar conditions, the space agency is testing its robot technology on a remote Arctic crater. Pictured here are two lunar robot prototypes, K10 Black and K10 Red, on expedition to the Haughton Crater at Devon Island, Canada. Credit: NASA

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• Japan's Lunar Spacecraft Set for Launch

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:51 pm

  Tags: All About Japan, China, Japan, Launch, Lunar, Program, Spacecraft

  is set to launch its first lunar explorer this week in a bid to get the country's space program back on track and get to the moon ahead of China.Japan has enough money and ought to be out front when it comes to exploring.However, my bet is that Japan will allow some other country to set the lunar standard and design the spacecraft that will

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• Space: Google Putting $30 Million Into X PRIZE Robotics Moon Race

  Published: September 13, 2007, 4:47 pm

  Tags: Google, Lunar Robots, Prize, Robots, Space, X Prize, Xprize

  Google and X PRIZE are teaming up to offer $30 million in cash rewards to companies and organizations that can land a robotic rover on the Moon and do a bunch of mission objectives. Their first prize is $25M, second prize is $5M, there's an extra $5M in bonus stuff to the losers. The challenge to engineers, physicists, space men, and aerospace

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• Google (GOOG) announces sponsorship of $30 million prize for private robotic lunar mission

  Published: September 13, 2007, 12:43 pm

  Tags: Bigelow Aerospace, Bigelow Prize, Bigelowaerospace, Bigelowprize, Google Lunar X Prize, Googlelunarxprize, Inthenews, Moon 2 0, Moon2 0, Return To The Moon, Returntothemoon, X Prize, Xprize

  million purse for the Google Lunar X Prize. In order to win $20 million, a private company somewhere in the world will have to execute a successful robotic lunar mission within the next 5 years (the next government mission is planned for somewhere within the next 6-8 years), rove around a certain distance, and transmit video back to earth. The

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• Selene -Japan's moon mission launched-Video & Photo

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:16 am

  Tags: Japan Moon Explorer Launch Photo, Codak Camera 5 Mega Pixels, Baby Pics Rompl, Selene Launch After Apollo, Selene Japan Space Program, Picture, China Lunar Probe

  Selene (Selenological and Engineering Explorer ) probe ,Japan's moon exploration probe has been launched with a H 2A rocket ,which had lifted the mission payload including 3 satellites to the space -Selena will reach moon's orbit after 3 weeks -before moving to moon's orbit Selena will orbit earth twice .Mission of Selene .Selene involves placing

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• Moon Man: Get Your Mug on the Moon With the Lunar Legacy Program

  Published: September 14, 2007, 3:20 pm

  Tags: Earth, Image, Lunar Legacy Program, Moon, Moon Man, Notes, Rocket, Space, Space Craft, Spaceship, X Prize

  are also going to start the Lunar Legacy Program. This will allow regular geeks like you and me to upload a 1MB image and a quick note for $10. The collection of notes and pictures will then be copied on to a 17GB DVD and be placed on one of the spacecrafts heading toward the moon trying to capture the X Prize. Hopefully the aliens that find the

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• Japanese Government to Privatize - Receive Google X-PRIZE?

  Published: September 14, 2007, 2:22 pm

  Tags: All About Japan, 30 Million, Dollars, Engineering, Google, Lunar, Moon, Robot, Spacecraft, X Prize

  the country's first lunar orbiter "Kaguya" and is wondering where the reverse button is...Lead candidate for replacing the Prime Minister, Taro Aso, read in a comic book about a new plan for putting robots on the moon that can:1. roll for a quarter of a mile

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• Google Offers X-PRIZE of $30 million to Put Robot on the Moon

  Published: September 14, 2007, 2:10 pm

  Tags: Business Of Education, 30 Million, Dollars, Engineering, Google, Lunar, Moon, Robot, Spacecraft, X Prize

  to be sponsoring the Lunar X-PRIZE, which will award a total of 30 million dollars to teams competing around the world to land privately funded spacecraft on the Moon," said a senior VP at Google.The spacecraft must:1. roll for at least a quarter mile (land it on a hill?)

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• Google Moon landing prize

  Published: September 14, 2007, 11:22 am

  Tags: Cost Of Moon Lunar Landing, Google Moon Mission Price Prize, Google Prize, Chandrayan Google Prize

  landings, or from Soviet lunar explorations, detecting water ice or keeping the rover alive on the lunar surface overnighHow much it will cost to send a robot send a robot to moon -India's unmanned moon mission -Chandrayan is calculated to cost around $ 85 million ,which just planned to place satellites at lunar orbit -landing a robot at moon

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• Carnegie Mellon shows off "Scarab" lunar rover

  Published: September 21, 2007, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Carnegie Mellon, Carnegiemellon, Lunar, Lunar Rover, Lunarrover, Moon, Robot, Rover, Scarab

  won't be resting on his lunar laurels, as he's also announced that he'll be assembling a team to compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize, which promises $20 million to anyone that can land a privately funded robot on the moon by 2012.[Via The Raw Feed]  Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360

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