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10.18.07 - NASA RATS Bring the Moon to Earth
Once a year, the Agency's RATS (Research and Technology Studies) team makes its way to remote a location in the Arizona or California desert to bring the moon right down to Earth -- Figuratively speaking that is.
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 artist concept of future lunar activity
10.01.07 - Lunar Outpost Plans Taking Shape
The agency's Lunar Architecture Team has been hard at work, looking at concepts for habitation, rovers, and space suits.
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 Desert RATS 2007
09.12.07 - Desert RATS Test Lunar Exploration Concepts
As NASA prepares for future missions to the moon, work is already underway here on Earth to test the planetary rovers, robots and futuristic spacesuits needed for the journey.
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 Apollo moon landing
07.24.07 - Apollo Pioneers Share Lessons Learned
Apollo-era engineers visited NASA Headquarters in Washington on the 38th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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 inflatable lunar habitat laboratory model
02.23.07 - Camping on the Moon
If you climbed a mountain so high its peak poked through Earth's atmosphere, you'd know what it will be like to camp on the moon.
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 Crew Exploration Vehicle
01.18.07 - 'Why Explore Space?'
By Administrator Griffin

Today, NASA is moving forward with a new focus for the manned space program: to go out beyond Earth orbit for purposes of human exploration and scientific discovery.
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 the moon
12.04.06 - Why The Moon?
Why should we return to the moon? The global space community responded with six common areas of interest.
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 crescent moon
12.01.06 - 2nd Space Exploration Conference
Top leaders from industry, academia, NASA and other agencies meet to focus on implementing the Vision for Space Exploration.
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 Droids in the Desert
09.14.06 - Droids in the Desert
Arizona tourists may think they’ve stumbled upon a science fiction movie set if they find themselves near the state’s famed Meteor Crater in early September.
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 Thumbnail image of SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft
08.18.06 - NASA Invests in Private Sector Space Flight
Two partners chosen to develop reliable, cost-effective access to Earth orbit.
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 Earth from Moon
07.20.06 - Wide Awake on the Sea of Tranquillity
Why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep in the Sea of Tranquillity.
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 astronaut on the moon setting up instruments
03.15.06 - Moonquakes
NASA astronauts are going back to the moon and when they get there they may need quake-proof housing.
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 Ares rockets
06.30.06 - Ares: NASA's New Rockets
The crew launch vehicle will be called Ares I, and the cargo launch vehicle will be known as Ares V.
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 meteoroid impact location on the moon
06.16.06 - A Meteoroid Hits the Moon
Last month, NASA astronomers watched a meteoroid blast a hole in the lunar Sea of Clouds. Their video of the event is a must-see.
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 NASA's new spaceships
06.05.06 - Building NASA's New Spacecraft
NASA's ten field centers will each play a vital role in the Constellation Program, developing the spacecraft that will take humans back to the moon.
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 Moon surface
06.01.06 - The Sky is Falling
Every day, more than a metric ton of meteoroids hits the moon.
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 an artist's concept of astronauts on the moon with a notebook.
05.22.06 - Hard-nosed Advice to Lunar Prospectors
A 22-year veteran of prospecting and mining on Earth has some no-nonsense advice for lunar explorers.
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 Planetary drill
05.09.06 - A Look Back in Time
A team of NASA engineers and Canadian scientists test a futuristic planetary drill at the Eureka Weather Station on Ellesmere Island in Canada’s Nunavut province, about 690 miles from the North Pole.
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 the moon
05.09.06 - NASA to Work With India on Moon Mission
NASA will have two scientific instruments on India's maiden voyage to the moon.
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 impactors on moon mission
04.10.06 - Impactor Will Search for Moon's Water
Spacecraft will launch with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2008.
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