by David Sims DURHAM, N.H. — Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel. The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on [...]
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Mona Lisa Tests Laser Communications
Lasers hold potential for any number of yet-to-be-developed space applications. Some ideas include shooting down space debris, laser-propelled propulsion, and communication across large distances. This latter application got a recent boost with an artistic test by NASA: beaming an image of the Mona Lisa to its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). “This pathfinding achievement sets the stage for the Lunar Laser [...]
NASA to Crash GRAIL Probe on Lunar Surface
Source: NASA Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon’s north pole at about 2:28 p.m. PST (5:28 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17. Ebb and Flow, the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) [...]
Famous First Earthrise Over Moon Recreated
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lowell and William Anders became the first humans to photograph the Earth rising over the Moon. In 2012, topographic data from NASA’s LRO spacecraft were used to re-create their experience: Staff WritersMore Posts
