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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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Commercial Space

GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE ROUNDUP #5

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an awesome race to the Moon----challenging a variety of private companies to be the first to land their own rover on the lunar surface With 25 teams, all ramping up the action, there’s a lot of news that comes along! So each week I round up the best items from all ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

NEWT SPACE

The latest from The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis' blog, The Once and Future Moon ...

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Commercial Space

GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE ROUNDUP #4

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an awesome race to the Moon----challenging a variety of private companies to be the first to land their own rover on the lunar surface With 25 teams, all ramping up the action every week, there’s a lot of news that comes along! So each week I round up the best items ...

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Commercial Space

GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE ROUNDUP #3

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an awesome race to the Moon----challenging private companies to be the first to land their own rover on the Moon! With 25 teams, all ramping up the action, there’s a lot of news that comes every week! This edition’s a two-week round---so here’s the 5 best items from ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN INTERPLANETARY AFFAIRS.

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Commercial Space

GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE ROUNDUP #2

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an awesome competition for the first private enterprise to land a rover on the Moon (and complete a series of tasks). With 25 teams all ramping up the action, there’s a lot of news that comes every week! So every weekend, I’m going to round up the 5 best items from ...

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Commercial Space

GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE ROUNDUP #1!

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an awesome competition for the first private enterprise to land a rover on the Moon (and complete a series of tasks). With 25 teams, all ramping up the action, there’s a lot of news that comes every week! So starting today, I’m going to round up the 5 best items ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: CITIZEN SCIENCE

Few things are quite as awesome as citizen science. That's where the scientists in x or y field---often space---give the power to the people to collect a bunch of data and complete a huge task. Like, mapping the moon! Tomorrow night we're having a webcast with Pamela Gay, whose own Cosmoquest has their own lunar citizen science project rolling: ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

LUNAR IMPACT FLASHES

Have you ever wondered if you could see the flash from a meteor impact on the Moon? How big would the impactor have to be? How fast would it have to be traveling? A MyMoon community member recently asked us this question. We asked Bill Cooke at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center this question. Bill is an expert on lunar impact flashes and here is what he had to say: ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

CHINA AND THE MOON

The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis weighs in on China's motives for space exploration and the importance of the US's continued presence in space. ...

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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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