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4Wikipedia: Moon

4Greek Mythology

Press about Moon:

BBC:

4Lockheed to build Nasa 'Moonship'

4Moon 'priceless' for exploration

4Q&A: Nasa's new Moon plans

4China confirms Moon probe in 2007

4UK seeks role in Moon missions

4Europe backs Indian Moon mission

Moon projects:

4TransOrbital: The first commercial venture to the moon

4NASA: Missions to the Moon

   In Greek mythology, Selene - was the goddess of the moon, the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia, and the sister of Helios and Eos. Later Selene was identified with Artemis and renamed Phoebe.

   Every night nature rejoices when the dark goddess Nyx (the Night) takes the place of fair Hemera (the Day). A magnificent chariot drawn by slow-moving bulls appears over the horizon. Selene holds the reins, wearing a long saffron-colored robe with a crescent moon on her pale brow. When Selene appears, the sea stirs and crashes its waves onto the shore, and an ill-defined, sad weariness descends on every mortal...More