It was one great step for mankind, and it was taken at 12.56 pm on 21 July, Australian Eastern Time, just 30 years ago. Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon were watched by six hundred million people," says Dr John Reynolds of CSIRO Parkes Observatory . And the signals from the Moon were received by the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station in the mountains outside Canberra and Parkes in NSW, as well as NASA 's Goldstone station in California." ... Tel: (02) 6861 1700 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Last week, our tour outwards made a stop at our own home planet. Permit me to hold our tour a bit longer, to linger and gaze upon the Moon. ... Complex molecules floated in the water, but the concentration of these compounds wasn't high enough for them to get any further along than making amino acids and the like. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! ...

... LCROSS , LRO , NASA Explanation: Is there enough water on the moon to sustain future astronauts? The question has important implications if humanity hopes to use the Moon as a future outpost. Last year , to help find out, scientists crashed the moon-orbiting LCROSS spacecraft into a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's South Pole. ... Publications with keywords: Moon - water - water-ice - crater . Publications with words: Moon - water - water-ice - crater . ...

Never in the history of exploration has there been an undertaking quite like Apollo. ... Few of the half million ever had a chance to travel in space and fewer still walked on the Moon; but most were deeply dedicated and, for them, working on Apollo was much more than a job. ... Apollo was a start. ... By the time of the last three missions, crews were spending three days on the Moon and, out of each twenty-four hours, were staying outside and working hard for six to seven hours at a time. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... The L3 system was designed of rocket stages G and D, its Lunar Orbiter (LOK) and rocket stage I, and its lunar vehicle (LK) and rocket stage E, a payload fairing protecting systems from aerodynamic and heat exposure in dense layers of atmosphere that was jettisoned when certain velocity heads have been achieved, as well as an emergency rescue system PU for the Lunar Orbiter descent module escape from the accidental LV. ...

... Starting with the first human steps in 1969, six of 11 Apollo missions landed astronauts on the Moon to do a variety of science experiments, which continue today. ... In this episode of Astronomy Behind the Headlines, Dr. Jack Burns, of the University of Colorado's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR), joins us to talk about lunar exploration and some exciting work his team is planning to do from the surface of the Moon. ... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/ . ...

... 2010 October 25 . Water Ice Detected Beneath Moon's Surface . ... LCROSS , LRO , NASA . ... Pictured above from LRO, areas in false-color blue indicate the presence of soil relatively rich in hydrogen , which is thought likely bound to sub-surface water ice. ... How deep beneath the surface the ice crystals permeate is still unknown, as well as how difficult it would be to mine the crystals and purify them into drinking water . ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

. Steps on Si(556) surface . Atomically resolved STM image of vicinal Si(556)-(7x7) surface. Image courtesy of A. Chaika. The images was taken in constant current mode using RT STM GPI-300. © Copyright ISSP RAS, LSSS, 2006-2007 . Development and support New Day Studio . Information technologies in your business .

... Moon sketch by Richard Neville, age 10, a pupil of Saint Andrews Junior College in Dublin, was selected as the Astronomy Sketch of the Day on the 3rd of July 2008. Richard was inspired by Deirdre Kelleghan to try a sketch of the Moon. His pencil sketch shows great energy and intent to capture detail both on the lunar surface and along the terminator. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... The answers can be found in Raman PrinjaБЂ™s Night Sky Watcher , a new beginnerБЂ™s guide to astronomy aimed at young observers aged seven and up. ... This is mainly an observing guide to the night sky, so while it explains the science about the objects it covers, especially the planets, it is not the book for anyone waiting a child-friendly guide to black holes, extra-solar planets or cosmology. ...

... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Moon . ... How one small step became a giant leap . ... After Neil Armstrong stepped from the Apollo 11 lunar module onto the Moon s surface, he watched Buzz Aldrin descend Eagle s ladder and land for the first time on nonterrestrial territory. ... In this iconic picture that includes Neil Armstrong s first steps on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin s helmet reflects Armstrong s shadow and image, as well as that of the lunar lander that they set on the surface. ...

UFO Forum Message . ... Moon Landing Not Fake.. ... Personaly, I have no idea whether the moon landing was fake or not, but i can say that these are very bad and faulty points about the subject. Here is what was posted and my replies to these points. ... The Moon landings took place during the Cold War. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Apollo 15 brings back 4 billion-year-old moon rock . ... Scott said. ... During the crew?s three spacewalks, Scott and James B. Irwin spent almost nineteen hours exploring the moon and covered 17.5 miles of lunar terrain in the lunar rover. ... For more information on the crew training, traverses, and experiences of some of the instructors for Apollo 15, read some selected oral history interview excerpts available on the JSC History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/special_events/Apollo15.htm...

Full Moon 106k gif . Another full Moon 300k jpg . nice Moon image with features labeled html . ... projection of the whole surface (from Clementine images) 330k jpg ; 1200k tiff . ... GOES satellite image of Earth showing Moon in same frame 92k gif . Moon's north pole from Galileo 132k gif . ... Three-filter color image of the Moon (Galileo) 57k jpg . False-color image of the Moon (Galileo) 123k jpg . ... False-color image of the Moon (Galileo) 53k jpg . ... Galileo images . ...

... Ж.Ф. Родионова, А.А.Карлов, Т.П. Скобелева и др. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, 119899, Moscow, Russia; jeanna@sai.msu ru. ... Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia. Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 34, October 8-9, 2001, Moscow, Russia . ... Rodionova J1., ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, jeanna@sai.msu.ru . ... 1 Sternberg State Astronomical Institute Lomonosov Moscow University, Russia; marss8@mail.ru . ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. A total lunar eclipse will occur on April 15th, 2014, the first in two and half years. ... GLORIA will travel to Peru to broadcast the event live. ... Lunar eclipse . Lunar eclipses occur when the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow. ... A partial eclipse will be visible from the Canary Islands. The broadcast . ...

... Space Research Institute . ... INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR LUNA-GLOB LANDING SITE SELECTION . Luna-Glob" and "Luna-Resurs" missions are devoted to investigation of polar regions of the Moon. ... The Second international workshop for landing site selection for the "Luna-Glob" Russian Lander will be held May 31 - June 2 by the Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow. ... The 1st international workshop for landing site selection for Russian Moon Lander "Luna-Glob" . ...

... Astronomy news . ... Earth Seen By NASA's Moon Mapper On India's Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft . A new image of Earth taken from 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the lunar surface was taken by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, one of two NASA instruments onboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. ... NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., designed and built the Moon Mineralogy Mapper and is home to its project manager, Mary White. ...

The program "Apollo" . From middle of 1960.the USA have concentrated efforts on the program the "Apollo", putting purpose a parcel of the person to moon. it was successfully executed in July 1969Ц, when юrmstrong and нldrin have left "Eagle", a lunar module of "Apollo - 11", and have made historical " the first small step " on a lunar surface. ... Researching of moon under the program "Apollo" the rocket "Saturn" carrying lunar, command and service modules was used. ...

. home - main - author - help english - russian . N-1 rocket . N-1 on the . transporter . Block D . LOK orbiter . L-3 lander . N-1 stack after Block G separation . (hole in the shroud is for illustration only, real shroud is solid) . Warning: 4 files, 100Kb . LK engines . LK landing leg . shock absorber . Block D, rear view . Lunar surface mockup from LK trainer .