Jan 1st, 2009 · Some parts are easier to come by than others. Take the three original lunar rovers. They're still on the moon, and so are their tires — which posed a problem for NASA scientists trying to re-create the moon tires for a new lunar mission. No one at NASA remembered how they were built, and the instructions had been lost. But it turns out that a spare was closer to home, stored for 40 years in the closet of the engineer who designed the original moon buggy. NASA is using it to build new ones. Jeff St. Clair reports from member station WKSU .
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Nov 16th, 2008 · A new exhibit at California's Huntington Library is opening up the work of the giants of science. Colorful star charts, close-up lunar sketches and dog-eared books reveal the world as seen by the eyes of Newton, Galileo and Copernicus.
Keywords: world · science · California · history · exhibit · beautiful · lunar · Newton · Galileo · Huntington Library · Copernicus
Oct 22nd, 2008 · Indians are divided over their nation's first space mission, an unmanned lunar probe launched early Wednesday. Critics say the moon mission is a waste of money in a country where so many are impoverished. Others see space as a path to competing in a high-tech world.
Keywords: national · world · country · competing · money · Mission · impoverished · India · Tech · indian · lunar · Space
Feb 20th, 2008 · If you have clear skies in your neighborhood Wednesday night, you'll be in for a celestial treat. The Earth will pass between the sun and the moon, creating a full lunar eclipse. Kelly Beatty, executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine, provides a preview of what to expect.
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Oct 24th, 2007 · Amid patriotic pomp and circumstance, China on Wednesday launched its first-ever lunar probe. It is expected to reach its orbit Nov. 5. The probe will spend more than a year scanning the moon's surface in preparation for the launch of an unmanned lunar vehicle in 2012.
Keywords: China · Patriot · vehicle · 2012 · preparation · lunar · pomp · Circumstance
Oct 12th, 2007 · The Cassini spacecraft has discovered three lakes near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. The strange bodies are filled not with water but with liquid methane and ethane. Methane also drizzles from the sky on Titan.
Keywords: Methane · Strange · Spacecraft · lake · liquid · Cassini · Saturn · lunar · titan · Ethan · drizzled
Sep 13th, 2007 · The X Prize Foundation, known for encouraging privately funded space exploration, has revealed its latest challenge: To design, build and launch a robotic rover to the moon. The winner not only gets bragging rights, but a $20 million purse from Google.
Keywords: winners · Google · Robot · Rover · explore · lunar · Prize Foundation · Space
Mar 3rd, 2007 · Since antiquity, scientists have studied lunar eclipses to learn about the shape and location of the sun, the moon and Earth. But if astronomers have been watching lunar eclipses for thousands of years, is there anything left to learn?
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