Sentences with phrase «on lunar surface»

By 2025, Bigelow plans to begin a $ 12 billion project to set up bases on the lunar surface.

In the mid 1990s websites and message boards sprung up doubting whether man had set foot on the lunar surface or not.

[Translate] In his new book, «Artemis,» Andy Weir geeks out on how homes and cities could one day be built on the lunar surface...

NASA might had said that rocket fuel is worth $ 20,000 per lb on lunar surface.

And this gives 40 million kg of rocket fuel on the lunar surface - far more then is need for any operational needs.

Pete Conrad (American, 1930 - 1999) Alan Bean deploying scientific experiments on the lunar surface, EVA 1, Apollo 12, November 1969.

Neil Armstrong (American, 1930 - 2012) The photographer's shadow on the lunar surface, Apollo 11, July 1969.

Neil Armstrong (American, 1930 - 2012) Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface before the return inside the Lunar Module Eagle, Apollo 11, July 1969.

Conceived of by artist Forrest Myers in 1969, the Moon Museum was established on the lunar surface after works by six contemporary artists arrived with the Apollo 12 mission, the second moon landing.

Paul Van Hoeydonck's Fallen Astronaut was delivered by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971 (see p. 43) and Warhol's stylized signature — which resembles a rocket — figures with drawings by Robert Rauschenberg, David Novros, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg and Forrest Myers on the Moon Museum; this tiny ceramic chip was allegedly smuggled by a NASA engineer on to the landing module of Apollo 12's lunar lander, Intrepid, in 1969, which was left on the lunar surface.

In Utopian World, enormous flowers hang suspended in mid-air, butterflies flutter on the lunar surface, and waves crash in outer space.

The Shackleton Crater architecture offers four discrete stages of gameplay, each one building on the one before as the player makes more and more advancements in the building of infrastructure on the lunar surface:

The enduring Speedmaster is forever linked to its time on the lunar surface, but the chronograph began life in 1957 marketed toward drivers and race technicians.

Originally intending to land on the lunar surface, Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) are forced to scrap their flight plan when an explosion destroys part of their vessel.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have secretly been sent to investigate an alien spacecraft that's crashed on the lunar surface.

(The Lunar Journey in the Year 2000)- untitled Eons later, a similar monolith is discovered on the lunar surface in the 21st century, sending its signals to Jupiter.

You'll hear many people discuss Helium - 3 with huge enthusiasm, which is found in abundance on the lunar surface.

NASA»S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.

Who is Edgar Mitchell, and what is his history from his time on the lunar surface to today?

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- Tiny beads of volcanic glass found on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions are a sign that fire fountain eruptions took place on the Moon's surface.

And stunning new spacecraft images show fault lines, volcanic domes, and solidified lava flows on the lunar surface, forcing a reevaluation of long - held beliefs about the moon's early evolution.

Another potential space - based alternative energy source is atomic fusion using helium - 3, an element rare on Earth, yet abundant on the lunar surface and in the atmospheres of the gas giants.

Heat differences meant impacts left larger, shallower basins on the lunar surface that faces Earth

This discovery suggests meteorites may make a small contribution to the amino acids found on the lunar surface, according to Elsila.

The 15 - centimetre telescope is mounted on the Chang» e 3 lander, which touched down on the lunar surface in December 2013.

They spent nearly 21 hours on the lunar surface, collecting samples of rock and soil and setting up remote instruments.

But even though an Earthling has not set foot on the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972, samples brought back during that mission continue to grace the science community with insights into the nature of Earth's satellite.

With the recent discovery of a significant volume of water on the lunar surface, the idea of the moon as a livable habitat has become just that much more plausible.

A new study tracing the history of one of those moon rocks, published in this week's Science, adds fuel to a long - running debate over the source of the faint magnetism present on the lunar surface.

Tiny beads of volcanic glass found on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions are a sign that fire fountain eruptions took place on the Moon's surface.

These minerals, which likely originated deep below the lunar surface, are different from anything found on the lunar surface before, so they raise the possibility of an as - yet - unknown geologic process at work.

In 2013, China plans to place a small ultraviolet observatory on the lunar surface.

Chemical surveys taken from India's Chandrayaan - 1 spacecraft have detected the presence of water vapor on the lunar surface (blue areas).

On Saturday, China placed a lander and a rover on the lunar surface, ending a 37 - year gap in visits to our closest celestial neighbour.

Between 1966 and 1976, only the US and the Soviet Union successfully placed spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Scientists in the 1930s calculated that rate from ancient astronomical records, and laser reflectors planted on the lunar surface by Apollo astronauts confirmed it.

But moon rocks — some of them analyzed with ever more powerful spectroscopy to reveal chemical composition here on Earth and some by robotic craft on the lunar surface itself — are still full of surprises.

The rotation of the Moon can be observed by monitoring the change in position of a kind of mirror placed in several locations on the lunar surface.

As part of the Apollo program in the past, seismometers were placed on the lunar surface for seismological measurements.

Eventually two competing explanations emerged: Either some outside force helped stir the lunar interior and drove the dynamo, or the magnetized rocks were created by short - lived fields produced during violent asteroid impacts on the lunar surface (SN: 12/17/11, p. 17).

The observation of ionic distribution and the investigation of magnetic particles on the lunar surface gives researchers information on the material that composes the moon's surface and helps elucidate the moon's interaction with solar winds.

Apollo 11 is famous for landing astronauts on the lunar surface in 1969.

Christopher MacLeod at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, UK, is intrigued by the idea of simulating how robots could move on the lunar surface.

He adds: «It's not inconceivable that there are fossil organisms in Earth meteorites on the lunar surface.»

Researchers need more detailed observations to better understand how water moves around on the lunar surface and into the atmosphere.

Still, some experts believe the cost of extracting and refining it on the lunar surface could be even greater.

Reflectors planted on the lunar surface may provide the first cracks in Einstein's theory of gravity, says Stuart Clark

What makes it so special is that it's 3D printed, resulting in incredible high - resolution details on the lunar surface.

If so, it would substantiate existing evidence of a very active production and cycling of hydrogen on the lunar surface, according to McClanahan.

Less than seven years after Kennedy's speech, on July 20th 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 landed the Eagle module on the lunar surface — and humankind took its famed giant leap forward into interplanetary exploration.