Thursday / 1 March 2012

Lunar Mapping Postdoc Position At UCLA

Image Credit: UCLA.edu

Department Of Earth & Space Sciences At UCLA Inviting Applicants For Postdoctoral Position To Produce Improved Mapped Data Products Of Moon Surface Using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Observations; 1-Year Appointment Beginning April 2012; Qualified Applicants Send CV To Professor David Paige

Wednesday / 22 February 2012

Image Credit: NASA, ASU

LRO Data Reveals Evidence Of Recent Seismic Activity On Moon; Graben (Small Ravines) Up To 500m Wide, 1.8km Long, Free Of Cratering – Formed Within Last 50M Years, Postdating Last Major Tectonic Activity (1.2B Years Ago); Recent Graben Formation Also Incompatible With Theory That Early Moon Had Fully Molten Interior; Further Data From LRO, GRAIL Will Shed More Light On These Mysteries

Wednesday / 15 February 2012

Image Credit: ISRO, NASA

ISRO Working Vigorously On Chandrayaan-2; Proposed For Launch In 2013, Pending Successful Test Of GSLV Rocket; Mission To Include 1400-Kg Orbiter, 1250-Kg Lander; Rover To Conduct Chemical Analysis Of Regolith Samples; More Indigenous Payloads Than 1st Mission; Former ISRO Head Nair Had Childhood Dream Of Going To Moon

Tuesday / 14 February 2012

Image Credit: NASA, moonviews.com

Dennis Wingo / Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Seeking Private Donations Or NASA Funding To Finish ‘Techno-Archaeology’ Remastering Of 1960s Lunar Orbiter Data; Team Has Spent US$700K To Recover 1/3 Of The Data; Quality Is Comparable To Most Recent LROC Images, Useful In Demonstrating How Moon Changes Over Time

Monday / 6 February 2012 — Weekend Edition

Image Credit: NASA

Recent Coronal Mass Ejections (TL) Were Most Significant Radiation Events During LRO 2.5-Year Mission, CRaTER Instrument On LRO (C) Characterizing Global Lunar Radiation Environment By Measuring Galactic / Solar Radiation From Behind ‘Human Tissue-Equivalent’ Plastic; GRAIL Sends Its 1st Video From Lunar Orbit, Ebb Captures 30-Second Video Of Lunar Far Side While Traveling North-South