... during the missions and why. It includes a corrected transcript of all recorded conversations between the lunar surface crews and Houston. The Journal also contains extensive, interwoven ... images is a website compiled by Paul Spudis and colleagues at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. snip WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, ...

... NASA and the world's other space agencies should make the most of the Google Lunar X PRIZE, but my concept for how they should do that is some or all of the following (and please note, Launch Pad readers, that I ... could even include refueling nodes that could use propellant derived from Earth or lunar resources. It seems to me that both "Moon First" and "Flexible Path" need ...

... I guess. … LCROSS’ secret lunar mission turns out to be, in fact, designed — ... ;hidden mission” (again …) of its companion lunar spacecraft– LRO. (What did you think the “reconnaissance&# ... total visible horizon! — may surprise some new to our lunar investigations; it shouldn’t. Mike and I first predicted this possible major ...

... 31, 2009 will bring not only celebrations but a partial lunar eclipse. This is the last eclipse of the year. It will be viewable in Europe, ... regions. This is considered a minor partial umbral lunar eclipse. The duration of the umbral eclipse is almost 60 ... The earth has two kinds of shadows which are known as the penumbra and the umbra. Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon as the moon ...

... mission had not been defunded in 1971, a much-studied region of the lunar surface where a "skylight" was uncovered ... one solution has just presented itself in the form of a hole in the lunar surface, possibly leading to a hollow lava ... Discovery News about this fascinating skylight and what it could mean to the future of lunar exploration. Read the Feature Interview HERE. More on the Marius ...

... mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of ... the source of significant quantities of hydrogen that have been observed at the lunar poles. The LCROSS findings are shedding new light on ... represent potential resources that could sustain future lunar exploration. Since the impacts, the LCROSS science team has ...