TheMid-AutumnFestivalisonlytwodaysaway,markinganotherimportantoccasiontoreunitewithfamilyandfriends,asidefromtheSpringFestival.Thisyear,overlappingwiththeNatio
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Theremaybesubstantialamountsoftrappedwaterintheinteriorofthemoon,BrownUniversityresearcherssaidTuesday.Byanalyzingsatellitedata,researchersatBrownUniversityinth
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Four volunteers take the oath in front of the Lunar Palace 1, a facility for conducting bio-regenerative life-support systems experiments key to setting up a lunar base, in Beijing University for Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 10, 2017. A ceremony was held in the BUAA on Wednesday as 8 volunteers start a 365-day experiment in two groups in the Lunar Palace 1.
US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, NASA and his family announced.
Don't miss your chance to see the biggest, brightest moon in 68 years.
China is well prepared to launch the Chang'e-5 lunar probe in 2017 to collect and bring back moon rock samples for scientific research, a leading Chinese scientist said Sunday.
"Hi! This could be the last greetings from me!" The Sina Weibo farewell message posted four days ago by user "Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover," which posts first-person accounts of Yutu, China's lunar rover, caused a stir on China's social media. Yutu and his antics have continued to proved hugely popular across China.
China aims to send the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to land in the south pole region of the far side of the moon in 2018, according to China National Space Administration (CNSA).
As China's exploration of the moon progresses, its space experts have begun considering going deeper into the solar system - to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter - and a manned deep-space mission.
China's top anti-graft body has warned officials to avoid exorbitant gifts including moon cake gift boxes and asked media to investigate and report on any breach of regulations against corruption and extravagance ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival, which this year falls on Sept 27.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin would support a new mission to the moon by countries other than the United States, and is looking forward to a manned mission to Mars.
People in Greece enjoy full moon in museums and archaeological sites
China has carried out its lunar exploration program as current financial and technical conditions have allowed, said Wu Zhijian, spokesman with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, during a press conference.
The landing of China's first moon rover on the lunar surface on Sunday morning has had the nation's sci-fi writers cheering for fiction's gradual unfolding into reality.
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