Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: New research shows that oxygen from Earth could be journeying all the way out to the Moon, where it then gets lodged inside the lunar soil. It’s a process that’s likely been happening for 2.4 billion … Continue reading Oxygen From Earth’s Atmosphere May Be Traveling To the Moon’s Surface
Cernan passed away Monday surrounded by his family. He helped crew three historic spaceflights, including the Apollo 17 Moon landing in 1972. Continue reading Farewell Gene Cernan, the Last Man on the Moon
NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain Gene Cernan was the second American to walk in space and the last to set foot on the moon during that mission. Unfortunately, today Cernan passed away at age 82. Engadget reports: During his time as an astro… Continue reading NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On the Moon, Dies At 82
Scientists used rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971 to calculate the age of the moon. It turns out that it is much older than scientists suspected, coming in at 4.51 billion years old. ABC News reports: A research team reporte… Continue reading Scientists Calculate the Moon To Be 4.51 Billion Years Old
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: A series of cosmic collisions may have spawned multiple moonlets that morphed into the one big moon we know today. Rather than one giant impact that knocked off part of early Earth and created the moon… Continue reading Our Moon May Have Formed From Multiple Small Ones, Says Report
Yet another reason to go back to the Moon. Continue reading The Moon May Have Started as Dozens of ‘Moonlets’
Yet another reason to go back to the Moon. Continue reading The Moon May Have Started as Dozens of ‘Moonlets’
schwit1 quotes a report from Behind The Black: A federal judge has ruled that NASA has no right to confiscate an Apollo 11 lunar rock sample bag that had been purchased legally, even though the sale itself had been in error. CollectSPACE.com reports: “… Continue reading Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Belongs To Buyer, Not NASA, Judge Rules
From Margaret Hamilton to Sally Ride, David Cox pays homage to the women heroes of the American and Soviet space programs in the final installment of his Rocket Opera trilogy. Continue reading Rocket Opera Pays Homage to Women of the Space Race
“Just as on Earth, our feelings about Thanksgiving in space weren’t determined by the quality or the appearance of meal—but by the people we shared it with.” Continue reading Happy Space Thanksgiving: How the Food-Stuffed Holiday Went Orbital