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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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Lunar Science and Mission News

COLORFUL BACKSIDE

Today the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team released Version 1 of the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) topographic map of the Moon. This amazing map shows you the ups and downs over nearly the entire Moon, at a scale of 100 meters across the surface, and 20 meters or better vertically. Despite the diminutive size of the WAC (it fits in the palm of one's hand), it images nearly the entire ...

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Lunar Exploration History

WHAT COMES TO MIND?

I have a very simple question (simple questions come from simple minds, right?): What comes to mind when you hear “Apollo Moon Landings”? I don’t have any proof to back this up, but I would imagine most people think of astronauts on the Moon’s surface, most likely Buzz Aldrin and/or Neil Armstrong. Some folks probably also think of the ginourmous Saturn V rocket or the spider-looking Lunar ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

REPLICATORS HAVE ARRIVED

The latest blog from The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis: Replicators Have Arrived. ...

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Student Opportunities

LUNAR EXPLORATION INTERN PROGRAM

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is hosting a special summer intern program to evaluate possible landing sites for robotic and human exploration missions. ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

IT’S A GAS, MAN!

The Institute's Paul Spudis talks about an intriguing feature on the lunar surface dubbed "Ina". ...

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Student Opportunities

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT OPPORTUNITY

Know any undergrad or graduate space science majors looking for travel funds? Point them to the Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Travel Grant Opportunity ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

LET’S ARGUE ABOUT THE RIGHT THINGS

The latest from The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis from his The Once and Future Moon blog. ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

TOO EXPENSIVE?

From spacepolitics.com ...

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MyMoon Announcements

MYMOON DAILY TWIT

Beginning September 13, 2011, MyMoon is going to start playing a little game with our Twitter followers called the MyMoon Daily Twit. Each weekday morning, MyMoon will post a lunar trivia question on Twitter, the Daily Twit, by 11am Central Time. The first person to reply with the correct answer will win a MyMoon sticker! Hey, don’t laugh. MyMoon stickers are cool and are like currency in some ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

DESTINATION: MOON OR ASTEROID? PT. 3

The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis wraps up his series Destination: Moon or Asteroid with the third installment titled Resource Utilization Considerations. ...

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COMMUNITY BLOGGERS:
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 ...

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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 ...

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