The US is not so clear about its intentions right now, but China landing on the Moon later this year and a resurgence of international interest in the Moon could change that.
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Sunday's supermoon will technically be a perigee full moon, the closest full moon of the year, NASA says.
In China and parts of Asia it's believed to be the day with the brightest moon of the year.
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Hasbro makes Transformer toys, and the third segment in that franchise, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, was released last year.
Mr Pollitt says the church has been modernising, and is less dependent on 92-year-old Mr Moon.
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Thanks to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bay had a spectacular year financially.
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P5 brings Pluto's known satellite tally to five, and it comes just a year after Hubble spotted moon number four, the similarly diminutive P4.
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"We'll be keeping an eye out for signs of a repeat performance next year when the Earth-moon system passes through the same region of space, " Cooke said.
Gardner's Maggot Moon is the story of a 15-year-old dyslexic boy living in a dystopian 1950s society whose rulers are intent on winning the space race.
The Hajj season -- dates vary depending on the sighting of the new moon -- peaks between Wednesday and Saturday this year, just as the winter flu season gets underway in the Northern hemisphere.
Then Mr. Moon's girlfriend, Cindy Claassen, a 51-year-old massage therapist, took her concerns to a city council meeting last month.
Four other international candidates not picked are also ahead of Allenby in the rankings and earnings this year, led by South Korean Bae Sang-moon.
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Many have impacted the Earth over its 4.5 billion-year history --as they have hit the moon, Mars and other planets -- leaving craters behind.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon more time to find a diplomatic end to the four-year crisis.
The recording that received the highest number of public nominations for this year's registry was The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's groundbreaking 1973 album.
After that, during this five year period China also plans to send a rover to the Moon, collect samples, and then return to Earth.
New this year is a three-storey circular light installation entitled Rising Moon, made from 7, 000 plastic bottles and other recyclable materials floating on a pool of water in Victoria Park.
The panel will meet again in Monrovia and Jakarta next year, before reporting to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.
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Both the Moon Palace and Belas Clube de Campo courses also were featured in National Geographic last year for their environmental stewardship.
The LLCD (Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration) launches on LADEE in January of next year and will demonstrate a laser downlink rate of 622 megabytes from the moon.
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Every year Hernando de Soto racks up enough frequent-flier miles for a trip to the moon.
After launching a lunar orbiter later this year, scientists will begin the process of choosing among several competing rover designs for exploring the Moon's geology and terrain, and now the first of these candidates has been unveiled for public consumption.
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The 18-year-old, who served as a mentor on the show, said he was "over the moon" about the news.
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