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

CHRISTIE JILLY WEBCAST

If you missed Christie Jilly's webcast last week, stop worrying! You can view a recording of it here.

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Lunar Science and Mission News

FIRST PICS FROM CHANG'E 2

On Monday, the Chinese space program released the first image of the Moon from the Chang'e 2 orbiter. The image is centered on an interesting looking crater that has a few large, wide cracks running along the floor. The image can be seen below. China's Chang'e 2 orbiter follows the Chang'e 1 orbiter. The Chang'e 1 orbiter launched in October 2007 and conducted a 16-month moon observation ...

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Student Opportunities

LPI CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is proud to announce its fourth LPI Career Development Award, which is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. applicants. This award will be given to graduate students who have submitted a first-author abstract for presentation at the 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). A travel stipend of ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

SPACE IS GROOVY?

Can NASA get its groove back? Paul Spudis thinks so, but it's going to take a lot more political will than we are getting from the current administration. Remember when space exploration was “groovy” and our excitement about seeing humans explore the Solar System within our lifetimes was palpable? What happened to NASA and America’s dream to boldly go? The pathway that assured us that space ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

CRUSHED OR CUBED?

Dr. Paul Spudis explores the possible nature of the ice at the lunar poles. However, to really know what the ice is like, we need to land near it and see for ourselves. Although the discovery of ice on the Moon comes from a wide variety of different measurements, they are all “remote sensing.” We have not yet landed near these deposits and examined them up close. Thus, we do not know the ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

NASA'S LRO EXPOSES MOON'S WILD YOUTH

The moon's surface is more complex than previously thought and was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth, according to three new papers in the Sept. 17 issue of Science that describe data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Two of the papers describe data from LRO's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment instrument that reveal the complex geologic ...

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MyMoon Announcements

LET'S BUILD A LUNAR WATER PARK!

So the Moon has a lot of water. What better way to utilize this water than to build a waterpark! Yay! But what should we call it? In the spirit of Election Day, be heard! Tell MyMoon what name we should give the first lunar waterpark!

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Lunar Science and Mission News

HIGHEST POINT ON THE MOON

The highest point on the Earth is the peak of Mt. Everest at an altitude of 29,029 feet above sea level. The highest point on the Moon is 35,387 feet above sea level, I mean, above the mean radius. What? Mean radius? There are no seas on the Moon hence there is no sea level on the Moon. "Sea level" on the moon is therefore an average of the measured distances from the center of the ...

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Student Opportunities

LPI LUNAR EXPLORATION INTERN PROGRAM

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is hosting a special lunar exploration summer intern program to evaluate possible landing sites for robotic and human exploration missions. The LPI invites applications from graduate students in geology, planetary science, and related programs. The Lunar Exploration Summer Intern program is also open to ...

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Student Opportunities

MYMOON IS LOOKING FOR AMBASSADORS

Know anyone in the Houston area who might be interested in being a MyMoon ambassador? The Lunar and Planetary Institute is looking for Houston-area undergraduate students interested in supporting LPI’s lunar education efforts with NASA. LPI’s MyMoon website (http://mymoon.lpi.usra.edu), and associated social media accounts, are part of a NASA program designed to engage 18-25 year-olds in lunar ...

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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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