The Moon in the News
Moon exploration articles from media
2009
- Discovery - Give Me The Moonlite
BBC Discovery Radio Show - 22.07.2009 - A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon
New York Times - 26.06.2009 - US mulls space exploration future
BBC News - 17.06.2009 - Orbiter to Map Moon, Looking for Ice and a Home for Astronauts
New York Times - 15.06.2009 - Isro, Nasa scientists sniff water on moon
DNA India - 22.05.2009 - Obama orders review of NASA plan to return to moon
Reuters - 07.05.2009 - NASA may abandon plans for moon base
New Scientist - 29.04.2009 - NASA may need extra $30b to stay on schedule to moon
New Scientist - 17.04.2009 - Can we ride to the moon in 2020?
BBC News (Radio Broadcast) - 31.03.2009 - Russia to approve new Moon rocket
BBC News - 16.03.2009 - Lunar probe's crash was likely not well observed
New Scientist - 03.03.2009 - Chinese probe crashes into moon
BBC News - 02.03.2009 - Obama backs Moon return in NASA budget
New Scientist - 26.02.2009 - One more step for private Moon mission
Nature News - 10.02.2009 - Rock Suggests Early Moon’s Fiery Core Churned a Magnetic Field
New York Times - 19.01.2009
2008
- The Fight Over NASA’s Future
New York Times - 29.12.2008 - Moon's magic still shining bright
BBC News - 29.12.2008 - Happy Birthday Earthrise
BBC News - 24.12.2008 - Not-So-Lonely Planet
New York Times - 23.12.2008 - Mapping Celestial Terrains, in All Their 3-D Glory
New York Times - 23.12.2008 - Buran - the Soviet 'space shuttle'
BBC News - 20.11.2008 - Indian probe touches down on Moon
BBC News - 14.11.2008 - India launches first Moon mission
BBC News - 22.10.2008 - India India's unmanned moon mission may launch race for lunar landgrab
The Guardian - 21.10.2008 - India Moon probe ready for launch
BBC News - 21.10.2008 - Astronauts could mix DIY concrete for cheap moon base
New Scientist - 17.10.2008 - Lavochkin begins phase B work for Luna-Glob 1 orbiter
Flightglobal- 14.10.2008 - Date set for Indian Moon mission
BBC News - 07.10.2008 - Man to live on the moon
The Daily Telegraph - 21.07.2008 - Video Shows Moon From Other Side
NY Times - 19.07.2008 - China could reach Moon before US
BBC News - 15.07.2008 - The moonbots have landed (Subscription only)
New Scientist - 11.07.2008 - The Keepers of the Moon
NY Times - 08.07.2008 - Moon's interior 'did hold water'
BBC News - 09.07.2008 - Private business to pitch for lunar outpost
The Daily Telegraph - 10.06.2008 - Missile practice for Moon mission
BBC News - 06.06.2008 - NASA must look beyond the Moon
New Scientist - 17.04.2008 - Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet
BBC News - 17.04.2008 - Giant robots could carry lunar bases on their backs
New Scientist - 04.04.2008 - Does the Moon have a volcanic surprise in store? (Subscription only)
New Scientist - 28.03.2008 - Nasa's chief talks new approach
BBC News - 15.03.2008 - Europe develops Moon rover plan
BBC News - 14.03.2008 - Hardy Earth bacteria can grow in lunar soil
New Scientist - 14.03.2008 - Conserve the moon for radio astronomy
New Scientist - 23.03.2008 - Japan marvels at its Moon movies
BBC News - 12.03.2008 - Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change
New Scientist - 03.03.2008 - Moon mountains and canyons promise a bumpy landing in 2020
Times - 29.02.2008 - Experts to Discuss U.S. Space Plan
New York Times - 12.02.2008
2007
- Nasa 'to support UK Moon mission'
BBC News - 14.12.2007 - NASA spacecraft to study Moon's lumpy interior
New Scientist - 14.12.2007 - Meteorite dates lunar volcanoes
BBC News - 06.12.2007 - Earth's Moon is 'cosmic rarity'
BBC News - 21.11.2007 - China has no timetable for manned moon landing
www.china.org.cn - 25.10.2007 - Lunar orbiter project costs only 1 bln yuan
www.china.org.cn - 24.10.2007 - China launches first Moon orbiter
BBC News - 24.10.2007 - China to release latest space development plan
Chinanews - 16.10.2007 - Lunar orbiter births two 'baby' probes
New Scientist - 12.10.2007 - Japan's lunar "princess" shoots for the moon
Reuters - 14.09.2007 - Japan launches first lunar probe
BBC News - 14.09.2007 - Google: Put a rover on the moon, win $30 million
CNN - 14.09.2007 - Google sponsors moon landing prize
Reuters - 14.09.2007 - UK 'must have human space role'
BBC News - 13.09.2007 - Apollo Moon photos reveal detail
BBC News - 28.08.2007 - China to map "every inch" of moon surface: report
Reuters - 10.08.2007 - What will future lunar bases look like?
New Scientist - 09.08.2007 - No plans to join NASA lunar program - Russian space agency
RIA Novosti - 25.05.2007 - China gears up to launch first lunar orbiter
New Scientist - 21.05.2007 - NASA 'rejects Russia Moon help'
BBC News - 30.04.2007 - UK tests Moon lander technology
BBC News - 20.04.2007 - Engineers unveil China moon rover
BBC News - 03.04.2007 - Lunar dust 'may harm astronauts'
BBC News - 18.03.2007 - Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back — and Stay This Time
Popular Mechanics - March 2007 - China confirms Moon probe in 2007
BBC News - 06.03.2007 - Britain plans first Moon mission
BBC News - 10.01.2007
2006
- Mining the moon for a nuclear future
CNN News - 18.12.2006 - Back to the Moon! But Why?
New York Times - 12.12.2006 - NASA Plans Permanent Moon Base
New York Times - 05.12.2006 - Timetable for Moon colony announced
New Scientist - 05.12.2006 - Minister in Moon talks with Nasa
BBC News - 30.11.2006 - Doubt cast on lunar ice deposits
BBC News - 18.10.2006 - Moon 'priceless' for exploration
BBC News - 19.09.2006 - Probe crashes into Moon's surface
BBC News - 03.09.2006 - Moon 'sexy' again, says scientist
BBC News - 25.08.2006 - Can high-tech cavemen live on the Moon?
New Scientist - 31.07.2006 - Preventing the sky falling in on Moon bases
New Scientist - 03.05.2006 - Piggy-back mission will hit Moon hard
New Scientist - 10.04.2006
2005
- Malaysia has high hopes for moon
BBC News - 28.08.2005 - Lunar probe's amazing new images
BBC News - 26.01.2005
2004
- Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man
BBC News - 08.09.2004 - Scientists find new Moon mineral
BBC News - 27.04.2004 - In Apollo's footsteps
New Scientist - 31.01.2004
2003
- The moon is quakin' all over
New Scientist - 06.12.2003 - The Moon colony 'within 20 years'
BBC News - 19.08.2003 - 'Bunker buster' missiles aim at Moon
BBC News - 24.04.2003 - US wins custody of moon rock
BBC News - 26.03.2003
2002
- Four charged over moon rock theft
BBC News - 23.07.2002 - Astronomers plan telescope on Moon
New Scientist - 03.01.2002
2001
2000
- Lunar rock reveals life's clues
BBC News - 10.03.2000 - Moon's orbit betrays its violent birth
BBC News - 16.02.2000
1999
- Brightest Moon for decades
BBC News - 22.12.1999 - Lunar link to volcanic past
BBC News - 26.11.1999 - Moon mission targets mystery
BBC News - 15.11.1999 - Moon not quite dead
BBC News - 21.10.1999 - Lunar crash proves nothing
BBC News - 02.08.1999 - Moore dismisses Moon water hopes
BBC News - 01.08.1999 - Probe smashes into Moon
BBC News - 31.07.1999 - Apollo Moon experiment still working
BBC News - 20.07.1999 - Frustration on Moonwalk anniversary
BBC News - 20.07.1999 - Moon walker dies in bike crash
BBC News - 12.07.1999 - A silent death
BBC News - 10.07.1999 - Moon's tail spotted
BBC News - 09.06.1999 - Spaceprobe to smash into Moon
BBC News - 03.06.1999 - Earth smash spawned Moon
BBC News - 17.03.1999 - Best site for Moonbase revealed
BBC News - 16.03.1999
1998
- Moon map aids discovery
BBC News - 02.12.1998 - 2001: A Lunar Odyssey
BBC News - 17.09.1998 - Let's go back to the Moon!
BBC News - 04.09.1998 - More water on the moon
BBC News - 03.09.1998 - When will we go back?
BBC News - 31.07.1998 - Ice discovered on the Moon
BBC News - 05.03.1998 - What we can make of Moon water?
BBC News - 05.03.1998 - Moon findings to be revealed
BBC News - 05.03.1998 - Water on the moon?
BBC News - 06.02.1998 - Prospector begins search for Moon water
BBC News - 14.01.1998 - Moon mission on course
BBC News - 08.01.1998 - Moon mission launched
BBC News - 07.01.1998 - Cut-price mission to map the Moon
BBC News - 07.01.1998 - Lunar Prospector: 'cheaper, better, faster'
BBC News - 05.01.1998