Category Archives: Moon

Boulder sized Meteor hits moon, seen with naked eye bright as Mag 4 Star

NASA reports that a boulder has impacted the moon and it was big enough to have been seen by the naked eye if you happened to be looking at the…

Moon, Jupiter Close Approach Monday-Closest until 2026

The U.S. Presidential inauguration will get a special show Monday as the Moon and Jupiter will appear very close in the sky. The waxing gibbous phase moon, appearing 78 percent illuminated,…

NASA First Moon Mission Launch from Wallops Island Virginia Planned

Late next summer NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center plans to launch a mission to the Moon, not from Kennedy or Vandenberg, but from the new MARs  launch complex located at…

Excellent view of Apollo landing sites seen from LRO

This Video shows various Apollo era landing sites as seen from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.   This NASA video highlights the new, sharper images of the Apollo 12, 14, and 17…

When will USA return man to the moon? Will you see it?

Being old enough and lucky enough to have seen two Saturn 5 rockets leave Earth for the moon in my youth, I was wondering would the youth of today ever…

NASA Conducts Mission Simulations in Hawaii

HILO, Hawaii — NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques for the surface of the moon. These mission simulations, known…

Evidence of oceans on Saturns moon Titan

NASA’S Cassini Finds Probable Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon WASHINGTON — Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn’s moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its…

LRO finds crater on moon that may have 22 percent surface ice

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater located…