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ISRO Working Vigorously On Chandrayaan-2; Proposed For Launch In 2013, Pending Successful Test Of GSLV Rocket; Mission To Include 1400-Kg Orbiter, 1250-Kg Lander; Rover To Conduct Chemical Analysis Of Regolith Samples; More Indigenous Payloads Than 1st Mission; Former ISRO Head Nair Had Childhood Dream Of Going To Moon
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Dennis Wingo / Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Seeking Private Donations Or NASA Funding To Finish ‘Techno-Archaeology’ Remastering Of 1960s Lunar Orbiter Data; Team Has Spent US$700K To Recover 1/3 Of The Data; Quality Is Comparable To Most Recent LROC Images, Useful In Demonstrating How Moon Changes Over Time
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Recent Coronal Mass Ejections (TL) Were Most Significant Radiation Events During LRO 2.5-Year Mission, CRaTER Instrument On LRO (C) Characterizing Global Lunar Radiation Environment By Measuring Galactic / Solar Radiation From Behind ‘Human Tissue-Equivalent’ Plastic; GRAIL Sends Its 1st Video From Lunar Orbit, Ebb Captures 30-Second Video Of Lunar Far Side While Traveling North-South