MyMoon Blog

NASA and MyMoon have teamed up to blog about everything lunar. Art, literature, music, movies, science, and everything in between!

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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MADLIBS: APOLLO 15

Apollo 15 Madlib submissions can be found in this blog's comments. You can submit your own Madlib here!

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MADLIBS: APOLLO 11

Apollo 11 Madlib submissions can be found in this blog's comments. You can submit your own Madlib here!

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Student Opportunities

BARRINGER GRANTS DEADLINE

The application deadline for grants from the Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research is April 8, 2011. This program provides 3 to 5 competitive grants each year in the range of $2,500 to $5,000 USD for support of field research at known or suspected impact sites worldwide. Grant funds may be used to assist with travel and subsistence costs, as well as laboratory and computer analysis ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

LRO DELIVERS TREASURE TROVE OF DATA

From NASA Headquarters - - - With this fifth release of data, striking new images and maps have been added to the already comprehensive collection of raw lunar data and high-level products, including mosaic images, that LRO has made possible. The spacecraft's seven instruments delivered more than 192 terabytes of data with an unprecedented level of detail. It would take approximately 41,000 ...

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EXHIBIT: LUNAR SAMPLE LABORATORY

So... the Apollo missions returned several pounds of lunar rocks, core samples, pebbles, sand and dust from the lunar surface for transport back to Earth. Here at MyMoon we want to know if you would like to see an exhibit on the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility that was built in 1979 that provides a permanent storage for the lunar sample collection. The secure facility has a number of ...

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EXHIBITS - WE WANT YOUR THOUGHTS!

Hey MyMoon-ers! The MyMoon team has recently been brainstorming ideas for new exhibits to add to the website and we want your thoughts! One of the ideas we had was on the topic of WHY we should go back to the moon. First of all, would this be of interest to you guys? And second, what kinds of things would you like to see and hear about on this topic?... Thoughts? Ideas? Let us know! We also ...

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EXHIBIT SOME INTEREST, PEOPLE!

Here at MyMoon HQ, we’re always looking for new ideas. This of course includes new exhibits! One idea for a future exhibit is “We Did Go”. No, not “Did We Go?” (although the exhibit could very well discuss some good ‘ol conspiracy theories). As we say in our lovely site disclaimer, we’re not here to argue or change your mind (however, we won’t object if we do). We operate off of the truth that ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

STS-118, FACEBOOK-ANGLE EDITION

If you've ever stood aiming your camera at your own face snapping pictures from progressively higher and higher angles in order to "look your best" then you know what I'm talking about. It's okay, we've all done it or we all know someone guilty of doing it on the regular. So imagine my amusement when our Space Shuttle STS-118 had a kind fellow shoot video from the highest ...

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Lunar Exploration History

THE 1966? END OF THE SOVIET REIGN

On a recent tour of Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, I heard an interesting story. A story about a brilliant designer named Sergei Korolev. Back in the day, any knowledge of said visionary was top-secret. After all, he developed the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile. Korolev also supervised payloads for Sputnik, Luna, Venera, and Vostok. His leadership ...

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WELL TICKLE ME SILLY...

A very nice person wrote a very nice blog entry about MyMoon. The author of this blog also just happens to be a member of the MyMoon community! What's this MyMoon community I speak of? I'd tell you but that wouldn't be any fun. You should look at it yourself. ...

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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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