Moon
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Today in History: First US Orbiter launched to orbit Moon
World | Aug 10, 2013, 06:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: The first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon was launched on 10th of August 1966.The spacecraft was named as Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic. It was part of the Lunar Orbiter program. The Lunar
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Twin NASA spacecraft prepare to crash into moon
World | Dec 14, 2012, 10:33 AM ISTLos Angeles, Dec 14: The moon is about to take another hit.Twin NASA spacecraft are preparing to crash into the lunar surface next week after a successful mission mapping the moon's gravity.Scientists say the crash
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Chinese astronauts may grow vegetables on Moon
World | Dec 03, 2012, 03:49 PM ISTBeijing, Dec 3: Chinese astronauts may get fresh vegetables and oxygen supplies through gardening at extraterrestrial bases on the Moon in the future, an official said after a just-concluded lab experiment in Beijing.Deng Yibing, deputy
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Scientists discover the source of water on Moon
World | Oct 15, 2012, 09:16 PM ISTWashington, Oct 15: Scientists have discovered that the most likely source of water on Moon is the constant stream of charged particles from the Sun known as the solar wind. The findings by researchers from
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Watch the blue moon on Friday night
India | Aug 31, 2012, 02:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Don't miss the full blue moon tonight! Though Friday's moon will not actually be blue, but the term "blue moon" is used when two full moons occur in a single calendar month. This
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Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies at 82
World | Aug 26, 2012, 12:52 PM ISTCincinnati, Aug 26: Neil Armstrong, a self-described "nerdy" engineer who became a global hero when as a steely nerved U.S. pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with the first step on the moon.
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30 dead in Syria hours after new UN ceasefire call
World | May 02, 2012, 07:39 AM ISTDamascus, May 2: Ten civilians killed by regime mortar fire and 12 troops died in clashes with rebels were among 30 dead in Syria yesterday just hours after a new UN call for all sides
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NASA Probe Circling The Moon On New Year's Eve
World | Jan 01, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTCalifornia, Jan 1: As planet Earth rang in the new year, a different kind of countdown was happening at the moon.After a 3½-month journey, a NASA spacecraft flew over the moon's south pole, fired its
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UN Chief Defends Libya Air Strikes Against Doubters
World | Mar 23, 2011, 09:19 AM ISTTunis, Mar 23: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has launched a strong defence of the air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces which face growing criticism from doubters led by Russia and China.Raising the spectre of past
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ISRO Finds Safe Cave On Moon, Can Be Used As Human Outpost
India | Feb 24, 2011, 10:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 24: ISRO scientists have discovered a giant underground chamber on the moon, which could be used as a lunar base by astronauts for inter-planetary missions.Scientists at the Space Applications Centre (SAC), using
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Chandrayaan-I Detects Ice Deposits On Moon
India | Mar 02, 2010, 11:34 AM ISTScientists have detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the moon's North Pole using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-I. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40
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Australian Fan Buys Land On Moon Every Year For SRK On His Birthday
India | Nov 02, 2009, 04:34 PM ISTEvery year on Shah Rukh Khan's birthday(his birthday falls on November 2) an ardent lady fan in Australia buys a piece of the Moon and sends it to him, says a report in Mumbai's newspaper
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NASA Rocket, Probe Crash Into Moon's South Pole In Search Of Ice
World | Oct 09, 2009, 02:15 AM ISTNASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes