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December 03, 2013

Moon Express Enables Private US Scientific Collaboration On China Moon Mission

Moon Express Commercial Lunar Mission Creates Scientific Collaboration Opportunity Between International Lunar Observatory Association, China On Chang'e-3 Mission

U.S. commercial lunar enterprise Moon Express is enabling scientific collaboration between the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and China's Chang'e-3 Moon mission successfully launched Monday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, southwest China.

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Legislation designed to reduce the cost and complexity of doing business in the general aviation world is now law... but it will take some time to determine if the benefits of the law will be lost in a government bureaucratic sinkhole. The legislation requires the FAA to implement the recommendations of the FAA's Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee by December 31, 2015. Recommendations focus on increasing safety and reducing government and industry certification costs for light general aviation airplanes. According to a new study a second phase in the development of the very light jet market is about to get underway. The FAA is expected to issue an airworthiness directive

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China Launches Lunar Mission

Chang'e-3 Lunar Probe And Rover Boosted To The Moon Early Monday

China's first lunar mission was successfully launched in the early morning hours (local time) Monday. The Chang'e-3 lunar probe is planned to be the first Chinese spacecraft to make a soft landing on an extraterrestrial body, and is the first Moon lander to be launched this century.

Observed Emerging From The Far Side Of The Sun On Thanksgiving Day

Continuing a history of surprising behavior, material from Comet ISON appeared on the other side of the sun on the evening on Nov. 28, 2013, despite not having been seen in observations during its closest approach to the sun.