Learn About Earth's Nearest Neighbor - The Moon
Mirror, mirror, on the Moon, how far away are you?
MoonLIGHT or Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity/geophysics High-accuracy Tests is seeking the answer to this and more questions on general relativity, the gravitational dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and the deep lunar interior.
MoonLIGHT is a laser retroreflector, imaged here, which allows laser beams sent from Earth to be … Read the rest of this article
Have you ever wondered when the next full moon will be?
How about the first quarter moon?
Now you can have all the dates and times for all the moon phases for the year at your fingertips by building your own moon phases calendar and calculator!
JPL have a web page that lists all the materials needed along with step-by-step … Read the rest of this article
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a contract to deliver research, including science investigations and a technology demonstration, to the Moon in 2024.
The commercial delivery is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and the Artemis program.
The investigations aboard Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander are destined for Reiner Gamma, one of the most … Read the rest of this article