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Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for 2014 Leap to High Orbit
[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…
New Data Find a Silver Lining of Cosmic Radiation
[/caption] Cosmic radiation, it seems, may be a blessing and a curse. A team of scientists based at the University…
Moon Mappers! Contribute to Lunar Science
Want to contribute to lunar science? The MoonMappers citizen science project is now live at CosmoQuest.org, and you can become…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – March 19-25, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The week starts off with new Moon and the perfect opportunity to do a Messier Marathon.…
Solving the Puzzle of Apollo 12’s Mysterious Magnetic Moon Rocks
[/caption] Ever since their discovery by the Apollo 12 crew, scientists have been puzzled by strongly magnetized rocks found on…
Go On a Grand Tour of the Moon
To honor the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's amazing 1,000 days in science-filled orbit, the LRO team at Goddard Space Flight Center…
Revisiting The First Rover
[/caption] Before there was Curiosity, before Spirit, and Opportunity, and even long before Sojourner, there was Lunokhod 1, the Soviet…
Watch 4.5 Billion Years of the Moon’s Evolution in 2.5 Minutes
Over time, our Moon has changed from a glowing ball of magma, to being pummeled and pounded by impacts, to…
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Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping
[/caption] NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their…
Best Views Yet of Historic Apollo Landing Sites
[/caption] Just over 42 years after Neil and Buzz became the first humans to experience the "stark beauty" of the…