AstroBebop » moon http://www.astrobebop.com/blog Videos on space exploration, space tourism, robotics, astronomy, astrophotography, and aeronautics. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 CNN: NASA discovered water on Moon LCROSS interview http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/cnn-nasa-discovered-water-on-moon-lcross-interview/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/cnn-nasa-discovered-water-on-moon-lcross-interview/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:28 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=487 Anthony Colaprete, the LCROSS principal investigator explains how NASA found water on Moon – CNN interview

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/cnn-nasa-discovered-water-on-moon-lcross-interview/feed/ 0 Astrobotic Technology’s Mission and Vision http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/astrobotic-technologys-mission-and-vision/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/astrobotic-technologys-mission-and-vision/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:46:00 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=457 Team and Project Members explain Astrobotic Technology’s vision for commercial lunar exploration.

Source: astrobotictechnology.com

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]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/nasas-lro-and-lcross-missions-lunar-impact-oct-9-2009/feed/ 0 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Early Results Visuals on South Pole of Moon http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-lro-early-results-visuals-on-south-pole-of-moon/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-lro-early-results-visuals-on-south-pole-of-moon/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:23:57 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=428 9.17.09

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, having successfully completed its testing and calibration phase, is already making significant progress on the most detailed atlas of the moon’s south pole to date. The following visuals show early observations from LRO suite of scientific instruments including topography, temperature, neutron detection, and radar maps.

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-lro-early-results-visuals-on-south-pole-of-moon/feed/ 0 LCROSS: A First Step in the Return to the Moon http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lcross-a-first-step-in-the-return-to-the-moon/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lcross-a-first-step-in-the-return-to-the-moon/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:59:46 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=412 The mission objectives for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) include confirming the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moons South Pole.

The identification of water is very important to the future of human activities on the Moon. LCROSS will excavate the permanently dark floor of one of the Moons polar craters with two heavy impactors in 2009 to test the theory that ancient ice lies buried there.

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., is managing the mission, conducting mission operations, and has developed the payload instruments, while Northrop Grumman designed and built the spacecraft for this innovative mission.

For more information, please visit: www.nasa.gov/lcross

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/lcross-a-first-step-in-the-return-to-the-moon/feed/ 1 Remembering Walter Cronkite http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/remembering-walter-cronkite/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/remembering-walter-cronkite/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:04:41 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=326 Walter Cronkite compilation.

Source: NASA Television

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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. The source material for the restoration project is the best of the available broadcast-format video. Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif., is significantly enhancing the video using the company’s proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. The video is part of a larger restoration project that will be completed in September and provide a newly restored high definition video of the entire Apollo 11 moonwalk. The completed restoration will provide the public with the highest quality video of this historic event.

Source: NASA

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/nasa-video-the-40th-anniversary-of-apollo-11/feed/ 0 Destination Moon, four decades on… http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/destination-moon-four-decades-on/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/destination-moon-four-decades-on/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:48:36 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=304 It has been 40 years since Apollo 11′s Eagle lander touched down on the surface of the Moon.
For decades after Neil Armstrong took his ‘one small step for man’ it seemed Earth’s closest space neighbour had lost some of its shine for exploration.

But in recent years, mankind has started taking a ‘giant leap’ once more.

Source: Euronews

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]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/japanese-probe-kaguya-reveals-the-moon-in-high-definition/feed/ 0 NASA | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mapping Our Future http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/nasa-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-mapping-our-future/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/nasa-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-mapping-our-future/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:48:40 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=170 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA’s planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon’s features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans.

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