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50 years on, Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke still ''excited'' by space
Duke, 86, is one of four surviving moonwalkers from the Apollo program, taking Apollo 16 to the lunar surface in 1972
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India, with lunar odyssey planned this year, is among many looking moonward
The Chinese already have robotic probes on the moon, including a lander-rover set on the dark side
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SpaceX wins $2.9 billion NASA contract to build commercial moon lander
NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday
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Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket successfully passes critical 'hot fire' test
NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme
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US: NASA administrator departs, Joe Biden may pick a woman to lead
President Biden is expected to pick a woman to fill the NASA administrator role, which has only been occupied by men since the agency's founding in 1958
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Indian-American among 18 astronauts selected for NASA's Moon mission
Indian-American Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is among the 18 astronauts selected by NASA for its manned mission to the Moon
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NASA picks 18 astronauts including the first-ever woman to set foot on Moon
NASA has named the 18 astronauts half of them women who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme
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Botany, cancer research to widen in space as Resilience lifts off on Sunday
Nasa, SpaceX will begin the commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit as Crew-1 with four astronauts lift off later this month
 "Botany, cancer research to widen in space as Resilience lifts off on Sunday")
Water on Moon: Nasa confirms first direct evidence; see in pictures
The discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places
 "Water on Moon: Nasa confirms first direct evidence; see in pictures")
Nokia wins $14.1 million NASA contract to set up 4G network on Moon
The company intends for the network to support wireless operation of lunar rovers and navigation, as well as streaming video
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NASA announces Artemis Plan to land first woman, next man on moon in 2024
NASA shared an update to its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plan to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024
Is the Moon drifting away from Earth? Laser beams unravel a new mystery
By measuring how long it takes laser light to return to Earth - about 2.5 seconds on average - researchers calculate the distance between Earth laser stations and Moon reflectors
 "Is the Moon drifting away from Earth? Laser beams unravel a new mystery")
Moon, Mars Mission: Here's how you can participate in 8-month Nasa program
Are you in social isolation? Why not be paid for it. Nasa is in search for participants for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for its missions to Mars and the moon
Coronavirus outbreak deals blow to NASA's return-to-moon plan by 2024
The space agency chief ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the respiratory illness.
NASA plans to send water-hunting robot to moon surface in 2022
The VIPER robot will drive for miles (km) on the dusty lunar surface to get a closer look at underground pockets of "hundreds of millions of tons of water ice"
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How geological maps made the Apollo moon landings worthwhile
The scientific value of landing on the moon would have been diminished without studies to establish the context of the landing sites
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Apollo 11 made us believe we could do anything, but it could hasten our end
This faith in technology has given us a false sense of security
50 yrs of Apollo 11: How geological maps made the moon landings worthwhile
Geological mapping continues today, even on bodies where there is no prospect of human visitors in the forseeable future
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Apollo 11 turns 50: Moon exploration, interesting facts & Nasa's to-do list
NASA's Project Artemis aims to take more humans, including the first woman ever to the moon
Would your phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon like Apollo did?
The Apollo computer was state-of-the-art in its time, but what would have been different if the moon landing had the state-of-the-art computers that are available today?