Congress Debates Best Pit Stop to Mars | Lunar Exploration Risks

Moon or Asteroid? Congress Debates Best Pit Stop to Mars NASA's plan to retrieve an asteroid for astronauts to explore came under fire from members of Congress who pushed for the agency to target manned moon expeditions instead.
Big Meteor Explosion on Moon Shows Lunar Exploration Risks Future manned moon missions will have to take the exposed nature of the lunar surface into account, scientists say.
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	Rare Sight: See Bright Saturn Near Moon on Wednesday Stargazers can catch a view of an especially bright planet Saturn glowing near the gibbous moon in tonight's (Wednesday's) night sky.
	China Space Program Ramping Up Capabilities, Pentagon Says China's growing space prowess shows no signs of slowing, the U.S. Department of Defense said in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China.
	Russian Space Ark Returns Animal Astronauts to Earth Nearly half of the 45 mice and eight gerbils died on Russia's ambitious Bion-M1 space capsule mission. See how 15 geckos survived here.
	Let Your Colors Burst Starburst galaxy J125013.50+073441.5 shines here. Bright blue regions along the galactic arms indicate the regions where new stars are being born.
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