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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Lunar Science and Mission News

CHAT ABOUT THE MOON'S CORE!

Two weeks ago NASA released a story about the nature of the Moon's core. A NASA study has concluded the Moon does indeed have a core; not only that, the solid, inner core is surrounded by a liquid outer core! You can learn more about this study during an online chat tomorrow, January 20th at 3pm Eastern. ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

DEAD END, AGAIN.

In his latest blog, Dr. Paul Spudis discusses a recent report from NASA's Human Exploration Framework Team (HEFT; gotta love acronyms). The big question in the team's study was, can NASA get a new heavy lift vehicle, as called for in NASA's new direction, for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond under the current budget and schedule? The "report’s bottom line is that under the existing ...

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MyMoon Announcements

CHECK IT OUT!!

Lunar buddy Joel Raupe of the Lunar Pioneer blog has posted a link to our little MyMoon blog!! Check it out near the top in the right margin just beneath the LRO links. How exciting! Thanks Joel!

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MyMoon Announcements

MYMOON

Hi! My name is Melissa Brazil and I am a new member to the MyMoon team! If there is anything you would like to see happen on this website, please let me know and I will pass this on to our team!

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The Moon in Culture

NOT JUST NERDY MOON BOOTS

Around the office I’m generally regarded as a bit of a sneaker junkie. The combination of color, shape, and packaging can create a gloriously creative aesthetic that I find preferable to any pair of loafers, boots or dress shoes regardless of what I might be wearing, formal or casual. So as you might imagine it piqued my interest when I happened across some curious discoveries over at ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

LUNAR BUILDING MATERIALS

In his latest (week-old, sorry) blog, the Institute's (LPI) Dr. Paul Spudis discusses how lunar regolith will be a necessary resource for future astronauts.
Regolith, The “Other” Lunar Resource

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Lunar Science and Mission News

THE MOON'S CORE IS LIKE THE EARTH'S

So says results from a new NASA study. State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate models of the moon's formation. The data sheds light on the evolution of a lunar dynamo -- a natural process by which our moon may have generated and maintained its ...

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Student Opportunities

LUNAR EXPLORATION INTERN DEADLINE

The deadline to apply for the 2011 Lunar Exploration Intern program is fast approaching. January 27, 2011 is the last day to submit your applications. Get off your duff and apply!

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Other Weird Stuff

VOTE NOW!

The National Postal Museum (yeah, there actually is one) is soliciting votes for the stamp that will represent the United States in its upcoming International Gallery. One of the options is a stamp that highlights lunar exploration. The stamp depicts astronauts on the Moon's surface. There are other stamps of American character to vote on, but ...

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MyMoon Announcements

TSHIRT CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED

So December was kind of a weird month around the Institute. As such, we have decided to extend the deadline to submit MyMoon tshirt designs. The new deadline is February 4, 2011. We've got shirts. You've got designs. Let's put them together! We currently have MyMoon t-shirts available, but we'd like you to jazz 'em up a bit! Submit your design for MyMoon t-shirts and, if it wins, we'll ...

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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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