Lunar News from Past Year + Look Ahead - Moon: NASA Science
Aug 18, 2025 · NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training 9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the …
Earth's Moon
6 days ago · Earth's view of the half-sunlit Moon shifts throughout the month. As our perspective changes, we observe a pattern known as lunar phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, …
Lunar Image Processing Tutorial - Moon: NASA Science
Jul 10, 2018 · Resources Lunar Image Processing Tutorial Image Credit: NASA/Robert Reeves Published: July 10, 2018 Lunar Image Processing Tutorial, written by Robert Reeves
The Dark Side of the Crater - Moon: NASA Science
Jul 26, 2017 · At the Moon’s poles, the Sun is always near the horizon and long shadows hide many potential dangers in terrain like rocks and craters. Pure darkness is a challenge for robots that need …
Billions of years of asteroid and comet impacts — still ongoing — have pulverized the surface of the Moon, leaving behind a layer of “soil” — regolith — that can reach up to 50 feet (15 meters) in …
NASA Studies Tethered CubeSat Mission to Study Lunar Swirls
May 26, 2017 · A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious “tattoos” — swirling patterns of …
Livestream the Eclipse – Moon: NASA Science
May 10, 2022 · Join NASA experts to learn about this incredible natural phenomenon, look through telescope views across the world and hear about plans to return humans to the lunar surface with the …
These spacecraft provided high-resolution images of the Moon’s surface, including the farside, as well as information about the Moon’s gravity field and surface radiation levels.
New Radar Technique Finds Lost Lunar Spacecraft - Moon: NASA Science
Mar 19, 2017 · A new technological application of interplanetary radar has successfully located spacecraft orbiting the moon.
The lunar day and the lunar night each are about the length of 14 Earth days. Because the Moon has no atmosphere to moderate surface temperatures, the Moon’s surface that is in sunlight is very hot …