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SCOOPING THE SOVIETS

In 1966, British astronomers tracked a Soviet spacecraft on its way to the Moon. They "stole" the signals containing information that would be put together to create the first image of another planetary body, the Moon. The Institute's Dr. ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE ON THE MOON...

One of my favorite things about the Moon is that it's not just one cool place---it's an entire continent's-worth of cool places! Thousands of craters, mountains, valleys, great plains and tumultuous foothills waiting to be discovered & explored. So, that said...if you could go anywhere on the Moon, where would you go? To stand next to the footprints of Apollo might be pretty amazing, or ...

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: HELIUM-3 MAKING A COMEBACK?

Helium-3 used to be all the rage. Sam Rockwell being really excited to go mine some helium-3 in "Moon". Sam Rockwell mined it ...

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The Moon in Culture

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: FAVORITE LUNAR MOVIES!

The Moon provides an exciting setting or central plot point for many films. There are some obvious genres, like adventure and science fiction, that could involve a journey to the Moon. On the other hand, some movies use the Moon as a backdrop: maybe not central to the story, but still an important component of the movie. My favorite movie starring the Moon (and also my favorite in general) is ...

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Other Weird Stuff

MYSTERIOUS METEORITES

What object is 55 feet wide, weighs 10,000 tons and crashes into the Earth once every 100 years? You should be thinking about the meteorite that plummeted into Russia and injured nearly 1000 people on Friday. This large impact occurred the same day an unrelated asteroid was supposed to pass close by the Earth. Quick Facts from NASA ** The ...

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The Moon in Culture

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: MOON MYTHS.

Hey guys, sorry it took so long for this post. I've been busy lately, and haven't been able to post. But, I have the topic of the week, and I think that it is a good one. I am going to be talking about some myths about the moon, mostly myths that we hear as a little kid. The first myth that I would like to talk about is the myth that the moon is made of cheese. I was a little kid when I ...

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MyMoon Announcements

MYMOON LIVE WEBCAST UPDATE

MyMoon Joins Forces with CosmoQuest to Bring Lunar Science to the Masses! Starting Wednesday, February 13, the MyMoon team is joining forces with the amazing folks at CosmoQuest to bring you new updates on lunar science and exploration! At least once a month, and sometimes more often, we will be cohosting Google Plus Hangouts designed to be ...

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Arts & Entertainment

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: SPACE MUSIC FROM UNDERGOUND HOUSTON

The Houston metropolitan area is a unique community that hosts Johnson Space Center in its southern corridor. Houston is also well known for its vibrant underground music scene. Surely there are musicians or NASA employees who have fuzed this unique environment into a work of art. Here are some musicians from the underground music scene or NASA community right here in Houston, Texas creating ...

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Commercial Space

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: MINING OUTSIDE THE EARTH

For the Topic of the Week this week, I wanted to discuss a debate that keeps coming up when discussing mining outside the Earth. As a brief summary, bodies outside of the Earth, like our Moon or even asteroids, have resources that are less common on the Earth’s surface. Metals like platinum or cobalt are not found abundantly on the crust of the Earth, but are much more readily available on the ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: LEADERS IN SPACE?

With MLK Jr. Day and Barack Obama’s second Inauguration, leadership is on a lot of peoples’ minds this week. When it comes to space and the Moon, that poses an interesting question....just what exactly makes someone a leader in ...

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Lunar Exploration History

LUNAR SAMPLES

So, as I have mentioned before in some of my blogs, I had the opportunity this past summer to do research at NASA's Johnson Space Center. While I was there I was lucky enough to do a lot of very cool things, such as; seeing an astronaut do some training, touring the entire facility, going through the meteorite and star dust laboratories, meeting Gene Kranz and Chris Kraft, hanging out in the ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE ON THE MOON...

One of my favorite things about the Moon is that it's not just one cool place---it's an entire continent's-worth of cool places! Thousands of craters, mountains, valleys, great plains and ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: HELIUM-3 MAKING A COMEBACK?

Helium-3 used to be all the rage. ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: FAVORITE LUNAR MOVIES!

The Moon provides an exciting setting or central plot point for many films. There are some obvious genres, like adventure and science fiction, that could involve a journey to the Moon. On the other ...

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MYSTERIOUS METEORITES

What object is 55 feet wide, weighs 10,000 tons and crashes into the Earth once every 100 years? You should be thinking about the meteorite that ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: MOON MYTHS.

Hey guys, sorry it took so long for this post. I've been busy lately, and haven't been able to post. But, I have the topic of the week, and I think that it is a good one. I am going to be talking ...

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