Moon
China Scores Historic Success as Chang’e-3 Rover Lands on the Moon Today
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2013 shows a picture of the moon surface taken by the on-board camera of lunar…
China’s Chang’e-3 Moon Rover Descends to Lower Orbit Sets Up Historic Soft Landing
All systems appear to be “GO” for the world’s first attempt to soft land a space probe on the Moon…
See What the Moon Will Look Like in All of 2014 in Just 5 Minutes
Here's how the Moon will look to us on Earth during the entire year of 2014. Using data from the…
Why Does the Moon Shine?
We enjoy the light from the Sun during the day, and then the comforting glow of the Moon at night.…
China’s Maiden Moon Rover Mission Chang’e 3 Achieves Lunar Orbit
China’s maiden moon landing probe successfully entered lunar orbit on Friday, Dec. 6, following Sunday’s (Dec. 1) spectacular blastoff -…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 6, 2013 – Zombie ISON, Jade Rabbit, Lovely Venus and Naked-Eye Nova
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Sondy Springmann (more…)
Spectacular Liftoff Thrusts China’s First Rover ‘Yutu’ to the Moon
Liftoff of China’s first ever lunar rover on Dec. 2 local Beijing time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.…
NASA’s LADEE Probe Starts Science Study of Thin Lunar Atmosphere and Dusty Mystery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has descended to its planned low altitude…
Astrophoto: Plane Pwns the Moon
Astrophotgrapher Sebastien Lebrigand lives along the flight path to the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and regularly captures planes…
Human Lunar Missions Would Be Threatened By Dust Pileups: Study
Dust on the moon accumulates at a rate 10 times faster than previously believed, which could make it difficult for…