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NASA launching robotic explorer to moon Sep 7th 2013, 00:10 NASA is poised to return to the moon.   An unmanned rocket is scheduled to blast off late Friday night (Saturday Manila time) from the U.S. with a robotic explorer that will study the lunar atmosphere and dust. The moon-orbiting craft will measure the thin lunar atmosphere.   Scientists want to learn the composition of the moon's delicate atmosphere and how it might change over time. Another puzzle: whether dust actually levitates from the lunar surface.   Unlike the quick three-day Apollo flights to the moon, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, will take a full month to get there.   Launch time is 0327 GMT.... Keep on reading: NASA launching robotic explorer to moon Media files: Minotaur-V.jpg (image/jpeg)

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