Moon
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 27, 2012
This was an action-packed episode of the Weekly Space Hangout. Lots of stories, very little time. Super Comet or Super…
Will NASA Really Build a “Gateway” L-2 Moon Base?
In this artist’s concept, the Orion MPCV is docked to a habitat; an astronaut exits the spacecraft to conduct an…
A New, Automatic 3-D Moon
Korolev lobate scarp on the Moon, in 3-D. Lobate scarps, a type of cliff,are found mostly in the highlands on…
So You Want to Look at the Moon?
This Saturday September 22, 2012 marks the 3rd annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), when people all over the…
Astrophoto: Crescent Moon Crossing
Astrophotographer Ken Lord caught an airplane crossing in front of a setting crescent Moon in British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Ken…
35 Years Ago: Our First Family Portrait of the Earth and Moon
A crescent Earth and Moon as seen by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA) 35 years ago today, September…
Curiosity Captures a Martian Eclipse
Yes, Mars gets eclipses too! This brief animation, made from ten raw subframe images acquired with Curiosity's Mastcam on September…
The Moon from Earth As You’ve Never Seen it Before
The Morteus region on the Moon, taken from the suburbs of Paris, France. Credit: Thierry Legault. Used by permission. Think…
50 Years Ago Today, We Chose to Go to the Moon
"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be…
Was Last Night’s Moon Blue for You?
A blue-tinted Moon on August 31, 2012. Credit (and tinting): joeys-astro-gallery on Flickr Last night's full Moon was a "Blue…