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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MyMoon Announcements

DOES ANYONE ELSE NOT LIKE THEIR VOICE?

I HATE mine! So why did I agree to do a podcast that could potentially be heard by millions of people? I don't know. I guess I think more people need to hear about MyMoon. And why not? It's a pretty cool site. I agreed to do the podcast in January but didn't ...

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RENEE WEBER WEBCAST

If you missed last night's webcast with Renee Weber (and there are a lot of you who did), a recording of the webcast is now available for viewing. Go ahead and watch it. What, are you afraid you might learn something?

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Commercial Space

X PRIZE ANNOUNCES ROSTER OF TEAMS

Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that travels at least 500 meters and transmits video, images, and data back to the Earth. This group of teams signifies this new era of exploration's diverse and participatory nature as it includes a huge ...

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PHIL PLAIT WEBCAST

Did you miss Wednesday night's incredibly awesome webcast with Phil Plait? Sucks to be you! If you did miss it, you can view a recording of it here.

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CRAZYNESS!!

I don't know how else to say it. Last night's webcast with Phil Plait was deliciously crazy! Over 160 peeps signed in to chat with Phil, and we thank every single one of them. A big thank you goes out to Phil. He is either one excited human being, or a giant anthropomorphic sugar cube. Phil's got a lot of energy, but he obviously loves what he does. Those of you who have participated in a ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MOON

The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis summarizes nicely the recent news on a study of the Moon's interior. The lead of the study, Dr. Renee Weber, will be our guest for a MyMoon webcast on February 16 ...

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ANOTHER MYMOON AMBASSADOR?!

Hello MyMoon Enthusiasts! My name is Natalie and I’m the newest MyMoon Ambassador. Not sure if this is cliché or not based on the title of this website alone, but I’ve wanted to be an astronaut since I was 3... Read the rest of my story by clicking on my profile link! Looking forward to interacting with you all.

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MYMOON AMBASSADOR

Hi! I'm Patricia Huynh and it's finally time to introduce myself as a MyMoon ambassador. Check out my profile to know a little more about me and be sure to come back often to check out my blogs and all other things that are happening around MyMoon. Don't leave without commenting your thoughts! We would love to hear them :)

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Happenings around the Community

FULL MOON TONIGHT!

There is nothing quite like the sight of a full moon! Don't forget to go outside and admire this tonight! Here is a cool website that has a list of the dates and times of each full moon this year, as well as a lot of other great information! http://www.fullmoon.info/index.html

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Arts & Entertainment

TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON

So most of you probably already know that the third installment of the Transformers movies will be out this year. The title for the third movie is "Dark of the Moon." From IMDb.com: ...

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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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