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- China’s Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0 78 comments
- Meet Indie, a made-in-India lunar rover headed to the Moon in 2017 http://www.digit.in/startups/meet-indie-a-made-in-india-lunar-rover-headed-to-the-moon-in-2017-32214.html 4 comments india
- Gravitational trajectory adopted by Apollo-11 program to reach the Moon is named after a self-educated Ukrainian mathematician who had made calculations 50 years before the Lunar Flight: Kondratyuk Route https://u-krane.com/2198-2/ 5 comments space
- So you made it to the moon https://youtu.be/iWntOmhv5Ic?si=LkpW9hhEbh-X_XpM 3 comments space
- Current spacesuits won’t cut it on the moon. So NASA made new ones. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/29/1015573/future-spacesuits-moon-mars-nasa-xemu/ 54 comments space
- New composite images made from NASA's Cassini spacecraft are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of Saturn's moon Enceladus. And data used to build those images provides strong evidence that the northern hemisphere of the moon has been resurfaced with ice from its interior. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2020-179 7 comments space
- The Chang’e 4 mission made the first-ever landing on the farside of the Moon last year — now it’s providing a look at what lies below its surface https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/what-lies-beneath-moon-farside/ 5 comments space
- It's been 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon. We're Florida Today reporters Tim Walters and Britt Kennerly, and we spoke to 11 people who made Apollo 11 possible. Ask us anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/cdzrd3/its_been_50_years_since_apollo_11_landed_on_the/ 16 comments space
- Nat Geo made an interactive atlas of the moons of the Solar System https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/07/the-atlas-of-moons/ 23 comments space
- ISRO seeking to launch first of its kind rover landing on Moon’s south pole. "Till date nobody has made an attempt to land a rover in the region. It has been only near the equator (of the Moon). We will be attempting to launch the rover in lunar South Pole for the first time" - ISRO Chairman K Sivan https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/chandrayaan-2-isro-seeking-to-launch-first-of-its-kind-rover-landing-on-moons-south-pole-5709507/ 16 comments india
- Japan's moon rover will be made by Toyota https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/12/japans-moon-rover-will-be-made-by-toyota/ 5 comments technology
- NASA scientists show ingredients for water could be made on surface of Moon. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018je005805 4 comments space
- Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth. Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential volatile elements from the planetary collision that created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago https://phys.org/news/2019-01-planetary-collision-moon-life-earth.html 29 comments space
- Is it possible for a gas giant to have a moon made of gas? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/a2zqcb/is_it_possible_for_a_gas_giant_to_have_a_moon/ 11 comments askscience
- A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact https://phys.org/news/2018-11-mars-moon-grooves-stones.html 3 comments space
- 'Mooning' made illegal in Victoria https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/36231558/mooning-made-illegal-in-victoria/ 9 comments worldnews
- What is the moon made of? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/68sx99/what_is_the_moon_made_of/ 6 comments askscience
- If Zond 5 made it to the moon, why didn't any Soviets follow? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/5ksuqf/if_zond_5_made_it_to_the_moon_why_didnt_any/ 13 comments space
- Why hasn't anyone made an epic movie about the Moon Landings? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/5hsrmw/why_hasnt_anyone_made_an_epic_movie_about_the/ 25 comments space
- If one were to mine the craters on the moon, would one find what made the impact? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4w5n6e/if_one_were_to_mine_the_craters_on_the_moon_would/ 8 comments askscience
- Insanely detailed replica of the Moon - Made using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/005/655/870/de87cced66de75be66e6c5c293b2e76b_original.jpg?w=680&fit=max&v=1459856736&auto=format&q=92&s=aa1d4faaff8efe30bb1c76d1fc68ff9d 6 comments space
- Earth made up of two planets after 'violent collision' with Theia 4.5 billon years ago, UCLA scientists find - UCLA-led team reveals event also created the moon http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/earth-made-up-of-two-planets-after-violent-collision-with-theia-45-billon-years-ago-ucla-scientists-a6846071.html 5 comments science
- The European Space Agency is contemplating building a lunar base with concrete made from moon rock. http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/3-d-printing-on-the-moon/?cid=co5625494 51 comments science
- CNN contributor: "the only way to know for sure that the moon is made of rock [instead of cheese] is to ask Neil Armstrong." http://www.rumormiller.com/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=147&r=paul+begala%3A+moon+made+of+cheese%2Fmedia+does+a+good+job 18 comments science
- We Choose the Moon: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing - One of the most amazing sites ever made for one of the most amazing achievement ever completed http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/ 6 comments history
- The moon may not be made of Swiss cheese, but it appears to have at least one deep hole, a vertical skylight that could serve as a protective lunar base for future astronauts. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091231-moon-hole-lava-tube.html 5 comments reddit.com
- We were watching it and when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon Phil turned to me and said, 'Pem, this has made it all worthwhile.' Before then, he wasn't too sure." - Wife of the inventor of the world's first working TV system http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/aug/hq_09-193_nasa_emmy_award.html 11 comments space
- (VID) UFO observed on the moon by Italian Astronomers. Looks pretty legit and not one of those made in the basement types. http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/ufo_observed_on_the_moon_by_italian_astronomers.php 91 comments reddit.com
- Edgar Mitchell's Mission To The Moon (2022) Apollo 14 astronaut reveals the cosmic discovery he made on the way home [00:16:14] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYhkxf-loc 4 comments documentaries
- The ESA's proposed Moon Village would utilize inflatable, 4-story-tall modules with 3D-printed protective shells made with lunar soil. The plan is to build near Shackleton Crater, as the crater's rim gets near-constant sunlight, and its shaded floor holds massive reservoirs of water-ice. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/05/moon-village-humanitys-first-step-toward-a-lunar-colony 245 comments space
- What may be one of the oldest known rocks from Earth has been found in the material that Apollo 14 astronauts brought home from the moon nearly 50 years ago. It is thought that the rock, made up of quartz, feldspar and zircon, crystallised deep beneath Earth’s surface about 4bn years ago https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/25/4bn-year-old-earth-rock-found-in-apollo-14-crews-moon-haul 8 comments worldnews
- Dennis Hope has made millions by “selling” land plots in space, on places like the moon, Mars and Venus. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/the-man-who-sells-the-moon.html 9 comments space
- Scientists say they have uncovered firm evidence that Mars's biggest moon, Phobos, is made from rocks blasted off the Martian surface in a catastrophic event http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11378762 6 comments space
- Chris Kraft, who created NASA’s Mission Control and made split-second white-knuckle decisions from the first daring Mercury mission to the triumphant moon landings, has died. He was 95. https://time.com/5632223/chris-kraft-first-flight-director-nasa-dies/ 30 comments worldnews
- “Bathtub rings” around Titan’s lakes might be made of alien crystals. The frigid lakeshores of Saturn’s moon Titan might be encrusted with strange, unearthly minerals, according to new research. https://news.agu.org/press-release/bathtub-rings-around-titans-lakes-might-be-made-of-alien-crystals/ 11 comments space
- NASA taps Carnegie Mellon University to develop robots to explore sinkholes or caves on the Moon. Which might provide easier access to minerals and water ice and serve as ready-made shelter for future lunar explorers. https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/17/nasa-taps-cmu-to-develop-robots-to-help-turn-pits-on-the-moon-into-potential-habitats/ 6 comments space
- The moon may be made from a magma ocean that once covered Earth - The moon may have been formed when the Earth was hit by a large object known as Theia. A new paper in Nature Geoscience suggests that the Earth at the time of impact was covered in hot magma rather than a hard outer crust. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613448/the-moon-may-be-made-from-a-magma-ocean-that-once-covered-earth/ 9 comments space
- Jupiter made comet its temporary moon for 12 years in mid-20th century http://www.phenomenica.com/2009/09/temporary-moon.html 5 comments space
- Scientists discover that asteroid strikes may have been able to shoot fossils onto the moon. They created a man made meteor, fired it out of a massive gas cannon with the same acceleration as an asteroid strike, and struck the target with the force of crashing into the moon. The fossils survived. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140731101036.htm 3 comments science
- The moon is home to nearly 400,000 pounds of man-made material, from golf balls and space food to cameras and clothing. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/the-trash-weve-left-on-the-moon/266465/ 6 comments worldnews
