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11.09.09
Apollo +40

Company Wants to Carve Ads On The Moon, Supervillain-Style

By Dan Smith Posted 07.20.2009 at 11:16 am 8 Comments


Last week, a fly-by of the moon showed impressions remaining on the surface from the Apollo 11 landing. That was 40 years ago, and those impressions linger on undisturbed. It's that longevity that one company wants to exploit, carving messages into the surface in the moon for the purpose of selling ad space.

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Kaguya Lunar Probe Sends Final HD Images Before Crash-Landing

The spacecraft's final moments, with the lunar surface drawing ever nearer
By John Mahoney Posted 06.19.2009 at 4:00 pm 5 Comments

The Japan Space Agency's Kaguya lunar explorer, after a mission that included new geological surveys and lots of gloriously detailed HD footage of the moon's surface, crash landed into a large crater on the moon's near side this week. And JAXA today released its final images, depicting the final moments of its descent. Updated with video.

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China Launches First Moon Probe

By Gregory Mone Posted 10.24.2007 at 10:26 am 1 Comment

As the space shuttle Discovery was on its way to the International Space Station, China successfully launched its first lunar probe.

The Chang'e-1 spacecraft, named after a mythical Chinese goddess, should begin orbiting the Moon on November 1. It will spend a year studying the lunar surface. China says that this latest mission is part of a program that will place an unmanned vehicle on the Moon by 2012. You can watch a video of the launch here.—Gregory Mone

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