Orbiter to Map Moon, Looking for Ice and a Home for Astronauts
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 16:21
in Astronomy & Space
Before NASA sends astronauts back to the Moon, it wants to scope out the territory it has largely ignored since the last time it sent astronauts there nearly 40 years ago.
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