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  • Solar array and fuel cell

    Lighting up the Lunar Night

    How do you survive where there's no water or wind and sometimes no sunlight for weeks? The answer could be a fuel cell that works in reverse.

  • This flexible dust screen is one of many technologies tested in Desert RATS.

    Kennedy's Desert RATS

    Three teams from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida journey west each year to participate in the agency's Desert Research and Technology Studies.

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    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.

  • Thumbnail of a footprint of an Astronaut on the Moon

    What Did We Get From Apollo?

    While it culminated with "One Small Step," there was a lot more to the Apollo Program.

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    Exploding Lunar Eclipse

    On Tuesday morning, Aug. 28th, a team of astronomers and engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center will attempt something never done before--to observe meteoroids hitting the Moon and exploding during a lunar eclipse.

  • Famous NASA image of the astronaut planting the American flag on lunar soil.

    Apollo: A Look Back

    One prominent NASA scientist takes a look back at the Apollo era at NASA.

  • inflatable lunar habitat laboratory model

    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.

  • Crew Exploration Vehicle

    '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.

  • CEV and service module

    NASA Names New Crew Exploration Vehicle Orion

    Orion is the vehicle NASA’s Constellation Program is developing to carry a new generation of explorers back to the moon and later to Mars.

  • BMX bike rider

    Lunar X Games

    The X Games are underway in Los Angeles. One day--who knows?--they might be held on the Moon.

  • Earth from Moon

    Wide Awake on the Sea of Tranquillity

    Why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep in the Sea of Tranquillity.

  • astronaut on the moon setting up instruments

    Moonquakes

    NASA astronauts are going back to the moon and when they get there they may need quake-proof housing.

  • meteoroid impact location on the moon

    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.

  • Moon surface

    The Sky is Falling

    Every day, more than a metric ton of meteoroids hits the moon.

  • an artist's concept of astronauts on the moon with a notebook.

    Hard-nosed Advice to Lunar Prospectors

    A 22-year veteran of prospecting and mining on Earth has some no-nonsense advice for lunar explorers.

  • Planetary drill

    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.

  • the moon

    NASA to Work With India on Moon Mission

    NASA will have two scientific instruments on India's maiden voyage to the moon.

  • positron ablation rocket

    Researchers Study Antimatter Concept

    Same terrific power! Less annoying radiation!

  • skier and astronaut superimposed

    Big Air on the Moon

    Olympic aerialist Eric Bergoust discusses the wonderful possibilities of ski jumping on the moon.