Moon
Moon Impact Data and Images from LCROSS: First Glance
Even without big explosions or bright plumes of ejecta, for all intents and purposes it appears LCROSS's impact on the…
LRO Spots Apollo 14 Booster Crash Site on Moon
[/caption] Speaking of lunar impacts: While we await the science data from the LCROSS mission impact earlier this morning, the…
LCROSS Impacts Moon, Science Data Pending
UPDATE: The MMTO Telescope on Mount Hopkins in Arizona has video from their observations that, while fuzzy, possibly show a…
LCROSS (and the Moon) Up Close
[/caption] The LCROSS spacecraft will be giving it all up for science Friday morning when it and the second stage…
No, NASA Is Not Bombing the Moon
There seems to be a little lunacy making the rounds that NASA is going to "bomb" the Moon on Friday…
Guide to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact
[/caption] The LCROSS spacecraft is going to impact the Moon on Friday, October 9, and here's your chance to watch…
SMART -1 Updates Image for LCROSS Impact
[/caption] Since the LCROSS team reloaded and switched which lunar crater they are targeting for impact with the spacecraft and…
NASA Tests New Robotic Lander for Future Moon, Asteroid Missions
[/caption] The best way to study the new-found water on the Moon would be with in-situ instruments. Since humans won't…
LRO Provides Flashback to 1966
[/caption] On June 2, 1966 the Surveyor 1 spacecraft soft landed on the Moon, the first US spacecraft to set…
LRO Takes Second, Closer Look at Apollo 11 Landing Site
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken a second look at the Apollo 11 landing site. These images were taken…