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
The payloads, including one from JPL, mark the agency’s first selections from its Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) call for proposals.
As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has selected three new scientific investigation payload suites to advance understanding of Earth’s nearest neighbor.
Two of … Read the rest of this article