Astronomy
Japanese Selene lunar orbiter have failed to detect any signs of water in permanently shaded craters around the South pole of the Moon.
Although the Japanese lunar orbiter found no ice it did find a crater much deeper than other lunar craters of a similar diameter and internal temperatures that could support ice delivered by comets over billions of years.
It has also returned beautiful images of the Earth and Moon as the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing by Apollo 11.
- A Giant Leap In Moon Mission
Chandrayaan-1 has achieved a new milestone as it discovered 600 million metric tons ice on the Moon's North Pole. The announcement was made at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Congress , organised by Houston- based Lunar and Planetary Institute....
- Water Found On Moon Surface
My earlier post was Was moon bombing a success now LCROSS team has successfully found water on permanently shadowed lunar crater . The team was able to observe 25 liters of water with spectroscopic telescope. The team has also found some components such...
- Chandrayaan-i Moon Mission Over
Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end today after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft. Project Director of the Chandrayaan-1 mission said that the mission is over as we have lost...
- New Map Shines Light On Moon?s Shadowed Craters
A new high resolution map of the Moon?s rugged south pole region provides new and unprecedented detail of permanently shadowed craters that could be hiding water ice deposits. The discovery of water ice reservoirs on the Moon would be a significant...
- Lcross Lunar Impact
The Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission was designed to find out more about the presence of water on the Moon. The biggest component of the LCROSS mission will be to perform an impact on the lunar south pole, which will take...
Astronomy
No water ice found in Japanese lunar mission
Japanese Selene lunar orbiter have failed to detect any signs of water in permanently shaded craters around the South pole of the Moon.
Although the Japanese lunar orbiter found no ice it did find a crater much deeper than other lunar craters of a similar diameter and internal temperatures that could support ice delivered by comets over billions of years.
It has also returned beautiful images of the Earth and Moon as the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing by Apollo 11.
- A Giant Leap In Moon Mission
Chandrayaan-1 has achieved a new milestone as it discovered 600 million metric tons ice on the Moon's North Pole. The announcement was made at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Congress , organised by Houston- based Lunar and Planetary Institute....
- Water Found On Moon Surface
My earlier post was Was moon bombing a success now LCROSS team has successfully found water on permanently shadowed lunar crater . The team was able to observe 25 liters of water with spectroscopic telescope. The team has also found some components such...
- Chandrayaan-i Moon Mission Over
Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end today after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft. Project Director of the Chandrayaan-1 mission said that the mission is over as we have lost...
- New Map Shines Light On Moon?s Shadowed Craters
A new high resolution map of the Moon?s rugged south pole region provides new and unprecedented detail of permanently shadowed craters that could be hiding water ice deposits. The discovery of water ice reservoirs on the Moon would be a significant...
- Lcross Lunar Impact
The Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission was designed to find out more about the presence of water on the Moon. The biggest component of the LCROSS mission will be to perform an impact on the lunar south pole, which will take...