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. ...

Read More Comments [0]

Happenings around the Community

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT

What? A day devoted to observing the Moon? YES! International Observe the Moon Night, or InOMN, engages the lunar science and education communities, amateur astronomers, space enthusiasts, and the general public in an annual lunar observation campaign that shares the excitement of lunar science and exploration. This year, the event takes place on September 18, 2010. InOMN lead Brooke Hsu of ...

Read More Comments [0]
Happenings around the Community

INOMN PHOTO CONTEST UNDERWAY

The 2010 International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) photo contest is up and running! Learn more about InOMN event and the photo contest at the InOMN website.

Read More Comments [0]
Lunar Exploration History

ALASKA'S MISSING MOON ROCK

President Nixon presented each of the 50 states and 135 countries samples of the Moon brought back my the Apollo 11 astronauts. Some states know where their samples are, some do not. Alaska is one that does not.

Read More Comments [2]
Lunar Science and Mission News

GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOON?

For years, scientists have assumed that the Moon is geologically inactive. New data from LRO shows this may not be the case.

Read More Comments [0]
The Moon in Culture

CHINESE HALLOWEEN

Last week I blogged about the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and its lunar connection. Today I have another lunar goody, this time from the Chinese culture. August 10 - September 7 marks the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar. During this time, the Chinese celebrate the "Hungry Ghost Month" festival. This ...

Read More Comments [0]
Lunar Science and Mission News

LUNAR EASTER EGG?

Is LRO trippin'? No, that's just silly. It's actually a digital elevation model, or DEM.

Read More Comments [0]
Commercial Space

LESS MONEY

The Google Lunar X-Prize is considering lowering the prize money for the first privately funded rover to land on the Moon's surface.

Read More Comments [0]
Lunar Science and Mission News

LUNAR VOLCANOES

When most people think about volcanism on the Moon, they usually consider the vast mare basalts located primarily on the lunar near side. Continue reading

Read More Comments [0]
The Moon in Culture

RAMADAN AND THE MOON

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan officially began yesterday, August 11. The only thing I know about Ramadan is that it is a time for fasting for Muslims. Now I know a little more. Yesterday I read a fascinating news article out of the United Arab Emirates about Ramadan and the Moon. Ramadan officially begins when the earliest crescent Moon is spotted following the new Moon. I highly recommend ...

Read More Comments [2]
Lunar Science and Mission News

CONCENTRIC CRATERS

Because the Moon lacks erosional processes, many interesting crater types can be found all over the surface. Here is an interesting story about a concentric crater.

Read More Comments [0]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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 ...

Read More Comments [2]
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 ...

Read More Comments [2]
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 ...

Read More Comments [1]
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 ...

Read More Comments [3]
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 ...

Read More Comments [2]