NASA plans permanent base on moon
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NASA said on Monday it  plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most  likely at the lunar south pole.
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NASA unveiled plans today to set up a small and ultimately self-sustaining settlement of astronauts on the South Pole of the moon sometime around 2020, the first step in an ambitious plan to resume manned exploration of the solar system.
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A US firm is proposing to use guided missile technology to make a precision landing on the Moon.
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Space agency NASA, which first put man on the moon, will now help to map the Earth in the name of conservation, the agency announced on Thursday.
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Fourteen space agencies have agreed to co-ordinate future space exploration of the Moon and Mars.
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NASA named a consortium led by US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and build a new spacecraft that will take astronauts back to the moon.
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The agency envisions a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of the near-constant sunlight.
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NASA has picked a group led by US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. to build a new spacecraft that will take astronauts back to the moon, the space agency said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The United States   begins its next step in human space flight with the   announcement by NASA on Thursday of a contractor to design and   build spaceships to fly to the moon.
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Four years after President Bush called for Americans to return to the moon and then voyage on to Mars, NASA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to design, build and test the spacecraft that would make it possible.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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NASA's plan to permanently colonize the moon holds out the promise of a dramatic advance in space exploration, but the ambitious project requires massive financing and a high level of global cooperation.
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All your base ... Russia will put cosmonauts on the Moon by 2025, the head of the country's space agency has said. A permanent manned base might follow.â¦
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Russia hopes to participate in U.S. lunar exploration projects and has submitted proposals on possible duties, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
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While NASA is best known for putting a man on the moon, the U.S. space agency will now help keep plant and animal species on Earth.
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Astronauts placed the crown jewel of Europeâs contribution to the International Space Station into its permanent setting on Monday with the attachment of the Columbus science module.
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An influential panel of US scientists says Nasa's plans to return to the Moon offer great potential for exploration.