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SCOOPING THE SOVIETS

In 1966, British astronomers tracked a Soviet spacecraft on its way to the Moon. They "stole" the signals containing information that would be put together to create the first image of another planetary body, the Moon. The Institute's Dr. ...

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The Moon in Culture

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE MOON?

The Moon ain't what it used to be. People gush about asteroids, Mars, Jovian moons, exoplanets...but it feels like if you bring up the Moon, you mostly just get either a blank or a 'meh'. When getting people excited about the Moon, there seems to be a lot of roadblocks, stigma, and reluctance lingering in the way. People are cynical or apathetic about visiting a pristine new world that's just ...

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Other Weird Stuff

ASTRONOMY DAY AND STARGAZING WITH THE MOON

Today is Astronomy Day, and one of the best ways to celebrate is by going out and doing some stargazing. And one of the best ways to get started with stargazing is to use the Moon as a guide and starting point. Tonight, the Moon is right near the constellation Leo. It’s located right at the bottom of the “backwards question mark” that forms the head of the lion in Leo. If you have a pair ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

The mission of the Kepler Project is to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars. However, many of these planets are light years away and unreachable by humans with our current technology. So lets take a look at bodies much closer and in our own solar system that may be top locations for ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: MOON EXPLORATION

Sorry for the late post everyone, has been a very busy week. But as for the topic of the week, I plan on talking about the exploration of the Moon, mainly the history and the alll of the lunar missions. To begin with, the first object created by man to reach the Moon, landed on September 14, 1959. This was the probe Luna 2, launched by the Soviet Union. Following this and another Soviet ...

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Other Weird Stuff

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: ASTEROID DETECTION

The recent meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia helped bring to light a very real problem. We do not have adequate ways to detect many of the damage causing asteroids impacting the Earth. Currently, detection and tracking programs exist for objects larger than about a kilometer. It is estimated that about 95 percent of these large objects in orbits crossing that of the Earth have already ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: BUYING/SELLING MOON ROCKS

In the summer of 2002, two NASA interns attempted a theft of over 100 grams of lunar samples from Johnson Space Center. The two were successful and stole the rocks, until they ran into complications with the sale of the rocks. The two had other accomplices in the theft as well. The rocks were stolen from a NASA researchers lab, by stealing a 600 pound safe, which they then busted open using ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE ON THE MOON...

One of my favorite things about the Moon is that it's not just one cool place---it's an entire continent's-worth of cool places! Thousands of craters, mountains, valleys, great plains and tumultuous foothills waiting to be discovered & explored. So, that said...if you could go anywhere on the Moon, where would you go? To stand next to the footprints of Apollo might be pretty amazing, or ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: HELIUM-3 MAKING A COMEBACK?

Helium-3 used to be all the rage. Sam Rockwell being really excited to go mine some helium-3 in "Moon". Sam Rockwell mined it ...

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The Moon in Culture

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: FAVORITE LUNAR MOVIES!

The Moon provides an exciting setting or central plot point for many films. There are some obvious genres, like adventure and science fiction, that could involve a journey to the Moon. On the other hand, some movies use the Moon as a backdrop: maybe not central to the story, but still an important component of the movie. My favorite movie starring the Moon (and also my favorite in general) is ...

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Other Weird Stuff

MYSTERIOUS METEORITES

What object is 55 feet wide, weighs 10,000 tons and crashes into the Earth once every 100 years? You should be thinking about the meteorite that plummeted into Russia and injured nearly 1000 people on Friday. This large impact occurred the same day an unrelated asteroid was supposed to pass close by the Earth. Quick Facts from NASA ** The ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE MOON?

The Moon ain't what it used to be. People gush about asteroids, Mars, Jovian moons, exoplanets...but it feels like if you bring up the Moon, you mostly just get either a blank or a 'meh'. When ...

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ASTRONOMY DAY AND STARGAZING WITH THE MOON

Today is Astronomy Day, and one of the best ways to celebrate is by going out and doing some stargazing. And one of the best ways to get started with stargazing is to use the Moon as a guide and ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

The mission of the Kepler Project is to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars. However, many of these planets are light years away and unreachable by humans with our current technology. So ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: MOON EXPLORATION

Sorry for the late post everyone, has been a very busy week. But as for the topic of the week, I plan on talking about the exploration of the Moon, mainly the history and the alll of the lunar ...

Read More Comments [3]
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: ASTEROID DETECTION

The recent meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia helped bring to light a very real problem. We do not have adequate ways to detect many of the damage causing asteroids impacting the ...

Read More Comments [2]