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Calculating A Sharper View Of Moon Geochemistry (March 25, 2007) -- A method of processing lunar image data significantly improves how finely scientists can discern a key geochemical feature of the Moon's surface, a new study ... > full story

Shooting Marbles At 16,000 Miles Per Hour (March 19, 2007) -- NASA scientist Bill Cooke is shooting marbles and he's playing "keepsies." The prize won't be another player's marbles, but knowledge that will help keep astronauts safe when America returns to the ... > full story

SMART-1's Bridge To The Future Exploration Of The Moon (March 11, 2007) -- ESA's SMART-1 moon mission has become a bridge to the future of lunar science and ... > full story

Walking Tall: Student Working On Space Suit Redesign For NASA (February 23, 2007) -- Space suits for astronauts may get a new and better design following a University of Houston doctoral student's locomotion stability research. Melissa Scott-Pandorf is a fellow of the Texas Space ... > full story

Study Shows Moon In New Light (February 7, 2007) -- Light has been shed on the dark parts of the Moon with experiments by University of Edinburgh researchers simulating billions of years of lunar ... > full story

Probing NASA's Plans For A Lunar Colony (February 5, 2007) -- The success of NASA's plans for a permanent human outpost on the moon may depend on the availability of technology that exploits the moon's environment and natural resources to obtain essentials like ... > full story

Twin Spacecraft Swing Past Moon, Preparing For 3-D Solar Studies (January 24, 2007) -- NASA's twin STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft, built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., completed a series of ... > full story

To The Moon! NASA To Build Lunar Base (December 4, 2006) -- NASA has unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed U.S. lunar architecture to return humans to the moon. NASA's Lunar Architecture Team concluded that the most ... > full story

Moon's Escaping Gasses Expose Fresh Surface (November 9, 2006) -- A fresh look at Apollo-era images combined with recent spectral data leads researchers to re-examine conventional wisdom. Several lines of evidence suggest that the moon may have seen eruptions of ... > full story

Space Radiation Threats To Astronauts Addressed In Federal Research Study (October 30, 2006) -- A better understanding of solar storms and how best to protect astronauts from space radiation is needed as NASA pushes toward manned missions to the moon and Mars in the coming decades, according to ... > full story

No Evidence Of Ice Reserves On The Moon (October 18, 2006) -- Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon -- images from the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, P.R., and the NSF's Robert C. Byrd Telescope in ... > full story

U.S., Chinese Researchers To Collaborate On China's Moon Missions (September 18, 2006) -- Amid a bevy of international space exploration missions to the Moon, the Washington University Department of Earth and Planetary Science in Arts & Sciences and ShanDong University at WeiHai (SDU at ... > full story

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Atlas of the Moon
The definitive Moon atlas is back! Revised, updated, and improved with expanded text and maps, this venerable atlas is the ideal reference guide for beginning Moon-gazers and expert lunar observers ... > read more

First Man : The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no ... > read more

Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods
Tactics of the Crescent Moon comes none too soon for deployed U.S. service personnel. Little, if any, of their battlefield intelligence has been tactically interpreted. U.S. analysts are generally ... > read more

Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet
teve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves ... > read more

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
How to Wrestle Free from an Alligator: 4. If its jaws are closed on something you want to remove (for example, a limb), tap or punch it on the snout. Though it's being marketed as a humorous ... > read more

Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd edition (Space Technology Library) (Space Technology Library)
This practical handbook for Space Mission Engineering draws on leading aerospace experts to carry readers through mission design, from orbit selection to ground ops. SMAD III updates the technology, ... > read more

The Oracle : The Lost Secrets and Hidden Messages of Ancient Delphi
A renegade team of scientists discovers the truth behind the Oracle of Delphi's mythical powers of second sight. Of all the stories of life in ancient Greece, few capture the imagination as much as ... > read more

National Geographic Atlas Of The World 7th Edition
When National Geographic published its first Atlas of the World more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today's world--including its oceans, stars, climate, ... > read more

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down with the Dalai Lama and really press him about life's persistent questions? Why are so many people unhappy? How can I abjure loneliness? How ... > read more

Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab Manual, Cat Version, Update with Access to PhysioEx 6.0 (8th Edition)
Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab Manual, Cat Version is a clearly written and comprehensive lab manual that guides readers through well-planned lab activities and feature illustrations and full-color ... > read more