Moon Shrinking, New Surface Features Raise Concerns for Future Lunar Missions

The Moon is shrinking, creating over 1,000 new cracks and ridges. This geological change could affect future NASA missions like Artemis III.

#MoonShrinking, #LunarCracks, #NASAArtemis, #Moonquakes, #SpaceGeology

https://newsletter.tf/moon-shrinking-causes-new-cracks-affecting-nasa-landing-sites/

The Moon is shrinking and has over 1,000 new cracks. This is a big change from what scientists thought before.

#MoonShrinking, #LunarCracks, #NASAArtemis, #Moonquakes, #SpaceGeology

https://newsletter.tf/moon-shrinking-causes-new-cracks-affecting-nasa-landing-sites/

Moon Shrinking Causes New Cracks Affecting Future NASA Landing Sites in 2026

The Moon is shrinking, creating over 1,000 new cracks and ridges. This geological change could affect future NASA missions like Artemis III.

The #Starship Human Landing System could be vulnerable to ground acceleration from nearby #moonquakes that would threaten their stability. Short-term missions, such as #Apollo, were relatively low-risk, but longer-duration projects face incrementally higher exposure https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers

The last operational #seismometer transmitted data until 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Moonquake

Big lunar quakes last longer than they would on Earth https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/moonquakes-and-marsquakes/406516/

#HLS #moonquake #Artemis #NASA

University of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland

A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.

College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
Des scientifiques révèlent une menace pour Artemis : une activité sismique détectée sur la Lune selon une étude

Des experts affirment que d’anciens séismes lunaires sont responsables d’avoir modifié le paysage lunaire sur le site d’atterrissage d’Apollo 17.

Tameteo.com | Meteored

U. of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions

A new paper revealed that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar landscapes at Taurus-Littrow valley, where Apollo 17 landed in 1972.

https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers

#Moon #geology #moonquake #moonquakes #science #Apollo #space

University of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland

A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.

College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland

#PhotoOfTheDay: #Moonquakes Surprisingly Common

Analyses of seismometers left on the moon during the Apollo moon landings reveal a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 100 kilometers of the surface.

Pictured here, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands beside a recently deployed lunar seismometer, looking back toward the lunar landing module.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250406.html

APOD: 2025 April 6 – Moonquakes Surprisingly Common

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

APOD: 2025 April 6 – Moonquakes Surprisingly Common

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

WRITER FUEL: A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.

https://www.limfic.com/2024/05/08/writer-fuel-the-moon-shakes-a-lot-more-than-we-knew/

#LimFic #LiminalFiction #WriterFuel #Writers #Authors #WritersofMastodon #StoryIdeas #Moon #Moonquakes #Geology

Writer Fuel: The Moon Shakes a Lot More Than We Knew

The moon is much more seismically active than we realized, a new study shows. A reanalysis of abandoned data from NASA's Apollo missions has uncovered more than 22,000 previously unknown moonquakes — nearly tripling the total number of known seismic events on the moon. Moonquakes are the lunar equivalent of earthquakes, caused by movement in...

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Overlooked Apollo data from the 1970s reveals huge record of 'hidden' moonquakes

A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.

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