Astronaut, Moon walker and artist, Alan Bean has passed away at the age of 86 following an illness that came on two weeks ago while traveling : Alan Bean Family Obituary Statement | NASA Bean was the lunar pilot on the Apollo […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is a video tour of important sites on the Moon as seen in the imagery and sensor data collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) since it reached the Moon in September of 2009: NASA — A Tour of our Moon From […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pink Floyd notwithstanding, there is no “Dark side of the Moon” any more than there is a dark side of the earth. The Moon rotates just like earth does, continually changing which half of the sphere is in sunlight and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jonny Smith of the Fully Charged Show on line program visited the Part Time Scientists group in Berlin, which is partnering with Audi and Vodafone on a private mission to the Moon. In this video, Smith gets to drive the Audi […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A cool video from NASA showing the phases of the Moon for every hour throughout 2018: This 4K visualization shows the Moon’s phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2018, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Two ‘supermoons’ will ring in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Trump administration recently announced that the Moon is now the primary goal for NASA’s human spaceflight program. While the initiative calls for NASA to develop “an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners”, it’s very likely the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Indian musician Ram Sampath has composed a song dedicated to the Team Indus lunar lander project. The song is performed by Sona Mohapatra and the band Sanam. Read the background story to the TeamIndus anthem. Team Indus is a finalist in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the latest episode of TMRO.tv: CEO of WayPaver Foundation Michael Mealling joins us to talk about what they are doing to remove obstacles in the way of lunar exploration and settlement. Space news topics covered: Rocket Lab launches […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The MoonWatcher project aims to raise $150,000 to fund a small satellite that would broadcast hi-definition video of the lunar surface: MoonWatcher: A 24/7 Live Video of the Moon for Everyone by MoonWatcher — Kickstarter MoonWatcher will offer spectacular views of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Eleven Magazine sponsored a contest called MOONTOPIA, which invited people to submit designs “for a self-sufficient lunar colony for living, working, researching and space tourism”. There were hundreds of entrants and they chose one winner and 8 runners-up. See descriptions of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The ARRL ( American Radio Relay League) recently sponsored the “Moon bounce” EME Contest in which contestants demonstrate “Two-way communications via the earth-moon-earth [EME] path on any authorized amateur frequency above 50 MHz”. One entrant did his Moon bouncing from his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Check out these nice views of the Moon and Earth from the Japanese Kaguya (Selene) mission: New Gems from the Moon | The Planetary Society – Although the mission took place in 2007-2009, only now has the Japanese space agency, JAXA, […] publicly released the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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In a recent SETI Institute seminar, Bob Richards of Moon Express talked about the company, the Google Lunar XPRIZE, and the business case for commercial activities on the Moon: Moon Express 2017 – A Private Lunar Mission Enabling Science & Commerce – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s a cool Kickstarter project that has reached nearly three times its goal with 3 weeks left: MOON – the most accurate lunar globe by Oscar Lhermitte and Kudu — Kickstarter The MOON globe aims for accuracy: MOON is unlike traditional […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the Moon since June 2009 and has been imaging the lunar surface at much higher resolution than obtained during previous missions going back to the Apollo era. The images can be quite spectacular and some of the most striking are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I posted earlier about the “Moon Shot” documentary project by Orlando von Einsiedel & J.J. Abram, which profiles participants in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition. The nine short films are now available on YouTube. (The videos are also available for free at Google Play.) You can watch all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Montreal artist Bettina Forget has drawn all the craters on the Moon named after women: Artist draws moon’s craters named after women to illustrate inequality – The Globe and Mail The women on the moon – The Globe and Mail – Photo gallery […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A documentary series of short films about the Google Lunar XPRIZE will be released later this month: Academy Award®-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Epic Digital have joined forces with Google and XPRIZE to create a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A large gallery of images of the Moon and the lunar surface taken by the Chinese lander Chang’e-3 and the Yutu rover have been released: China releases hundreds of moon images to public – Globalnews.ca Yutu gallery – The Science […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A great picture from the Moon: NASA Releases New High-Res Earthrise Image NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon. Click for larger version. “The image is simply […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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