Moon
Apollo’s Final Footsteps, 40 years later
Will there come a time when we on Earth can look up at the Moon and know that people are…
Endgame: GRAIL Spacecraft to Slam into Lunar Crater Rim on December 17
The GRAIL mission will come to a dramatic end on Monday as the two spacecraft will be commanded to crash…
One Spacecraft Captures Another in Lunar Orbit
This is awesome! It is the first footage of one orbiting robotic spacecraft taken by another orbiting robotic spacecraft at…
Herschel Spacecraft Won’t “Bomb” the Moon, But GRAIL Will
Artist concept of Ebb and Flow, the two GRAIL spacecraft in orbit of the Moon. Credit: NASA The Herschel space…
Golden Spike to Offer Commercial Human Missions to the Moon
A proposed Golden Spike lunar lander on the Moon. Credit: Golden Spike Company A group of space experts, media figures…
Moon’s Inner Crust Almost Completely Pulverized
This image shows a highly porous crust on the lunar surface, a consequence of fractures generated by billions of years…
GRAIL First Results Provide Most Precise Lunar Gravity Map Yet
This map shows the gravity field of the moon as measured by NASA's GRAIL mission. Image credit: NASA/ARC/MIT The first…
40 Years After Apollo, the Moon Still Beckons
40 years ago this week, the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, launched to the Moon. In this new video produced…
Astrophoto: Jet Black Moon
Jet crossing the Moon on December 2, 2012. Credit: Sculptor Lil on Flickr A little play on words for the…
Titan Shines in Latest Cassini Shots
Color-composite raw image of Titan's southern hemisphere. Note the growing south polar vortex. (NASA/JPL/SSI/Jason Major) Last Thursday, November 29, Cassini…