Blouie the Blue Heeler22m ago

Did you know?
The real reason canines #howl at the #moon is that it's made of cheese!

Me as a leading expert on the subject can confirm: I was there πŸ˜‹

#furry #fursuit #shenanigans #FursuitEveryday

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CHARGE.R59m ago

The flow of energy is life not only in the place where you are now, but also in life on Earth, because the system that people created on the Moon protects people on Earth from space threats.

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#scifi #videogames #WishlistWednesday #gaming #puzzle #space #moon #games

Massimo Luciani1h ago

#TachyonBeam #SpaceMissions #NASA #Artemis #Moon #Mars #astronauts

Yesterday, NASA held its Ignition event, featuring a series of announcements regarding its space program. Announcements were expected in connection with the Artemis program, to clarify the agency's intentions regarding the return of astronauts to the Moon. From this perspective, the intention that was announced is to accelerate the pace of missions, also in order to build a permanent base on the Moon.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/03/25/nasa-announced-changes-to-the-artemis-program-and-a-new-mission-to-mars/

NASA announced changes to the Artemis program and a new mission to Mars

Yesterday, NASA held its Ignition event, featuring a series of announcements regarding its space program. Announcements were expected from new Administrator...

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Sabina Lorenz πŸ¦„4h ago

@FotoVorschlag #FotoVorschlag

"Da wo ich wohne" sieht der Mond oft zerschnitten aus.

#photography #urbanphotography #MΓΌnchen #moon

Show threadPhil Stooke5h ago
Naturally after this, much of the planning focused on those sites. Strictly speaking these were for planning purposes, exploring surface slopes and roughness etc. for a wide range of terrain types to help plan lander and rovers. But inevitably they were also regarded as semi-official landing targets. Eventually LRO vastly outperformed expectations and in the new global data many new targets were found as well. You might suppose that Constellation had a rosy future... but no.
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Show threadPhil Stooke5h ago
For each site they produced a map showing square areas 10, 20 and 40 km across around the target of interest. The middle square got the best data coverage (full stereo imaging) and the surrounding areas got the best coverage thy could manage in the time. LRO went on to image the entire Moon under multiple lighting angles (though not all in stereo) but expectations were lower at first. Here is a typical set of these target maps (the full set is in Moon Chronicle part 8).
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Show threadPhil Stooke5h ago
LRO, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, was designed specifically to help choose and characterize Constellation landing sites in its first year of operation, before being passed to the science side of NASA where it has been ever since. But which sites would it look at in that year? The Constellation Program Office combined the lists we have already looked at and sifted them to produce a list of 50 sites (and soon added a few more). This little map shows their locations.
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Patrick Walsh6h ago
03/24/26 Los Angeles #moon
Trevor McLeod9h ago

No #gateway orbiting the #moon but a #moonbase

#NASA #space #artemis

https://www.theverge.com/science/899891/nasa-moon-base-mars-nuclear-power-jared-isaacman

NASA wants to put a $20 billion base on the Moon

NASA has big plans; administrator Jared Isaacman says the agency aims to establish a base on the Moon, as well as send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars.

The Verge
Alan Boyle9h ago
#NASA gives a thumbs-up to building a #moon base within a decade and sending a nuclear-powered spacecraft to #Mars by 2028 - while hitting the pause button on commercial space stations and a moon-orbiting outpost. Some say the plan is essential to beat China, while others wonder whether it's realistic or wise. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/24/nasa-pivots-to-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission/ #Space #Ignition #Gateway
NASA pivots to moon base and nuclear Mars mission

NASA’s leaders today laid out an ambitious multibillion-dollar space exploration plan that calls for building a moon base over the next decade and launching a nuclear-powered probe to Mars by…

Cosmic Log