Eventually, a moon base could let explorers live on the moon for weeks or months.

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Average stockpiles at these companies can last for nearly three months, says Moon.

CNN: Steeling for a Punt?

That phase will last about three months, as the Moon completes three rotations beneath the orbits of the two satellites.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and many others in recent months.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

With no means of communicating with the outside world, and no other human beings within thousands of miles, this was the Edwardian equivalent of an Apollo moon shot, but one that lasted years, not months.

BBC: In the footsteps of Shackleton

It would take six months to reach the red planet, compared with three days to the moon.

ECONOMIST: The space shuttle

Tradition dictates that Ramadan, like other holy months in the Islamic calendar, begins the day after the thin crescent of the new moon is first seen with the naked eye.

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