NASA has selected a lunar-crater radio telescope idea to receive funding through its NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, the agency announced on Tuesday. The Phase I award goes to projects in very early stages of development. CNET reports: Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay, a robotics technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is the mind behind the moon dream. Making it happen would require…
Tag: the far side
Happy birthday, Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was a Russian pilot who became the first human to travel to space, in 1961. His story … plus links to a Yuri’s Night celebration near you. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-yuri-gagarins-birthday…
Apollo 13 Views of the Moon
What if the only way to get back to Earth was to go around the far side of the Moon? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Moon and Venus close around February 27 and 28
These next few evenings – February 27 and 28, 2020 – watch for the crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus to pair up on the sky’s dome. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-venus-adorn-western-sky-after-sunset…
China’s rover has discovered what lies beneath the moon’s far side
China’s Yutu-2 rover has used radar to peer 40 metres under the surface of the far side of the moon and revealed how past impacts have shaped its geology Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235312-chinas-rover-has-discovered-what-lies-beneath-the-moons-far-side/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Digging into the far side of the moon: Chang’E-4 probes 40 meters into lunar surface
A little over a year after landing, China’s spacecraft Chang’E-4 is continuing to unveil secrets from the far side of the Moon. The latest study, published on Feb. 26 in Science Advances, reveals what lurks below the surface. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-02-side-moon-change-probes-meters.html…