Tag: Lunar Science

  • NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater

    NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater

    It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his computer screen, an unusually large bright spot circled by a dark halo caught his…

  • Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers

    Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers

    NASA’s first Artemis II science officers—Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia—are pioneering a new era of mission operations by integrating advanced lunar science directly into Mission Control. Their work will shape how future Artemis crews observe, analyze, and deepen…

  • NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science

    NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science

    NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar region. The instruments will improve our knowledge of the lunar environment to support…

  • NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions

    NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions

    While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also conduct science investigations that will inform future deep space missions, including a lunar science investigation as Orion flies about 4,000…

  • The Moon and Amaey Shah

    The Moon and Amaey Shah

    Sometimes a story about a NASA volunteer just grabs your heart and won’t let go. NASA Scientist Dr. Brian Day shared with us the incredible story of what first ignited his passion for involving the public in his scientific research.…

  • Deploying and Demonstrating Navigation Aids on the Lunar Surface

    Deploying and Demonstrating Navigation Aids on the Lunar Surface

    NASA is developing lunar navigation beacons to be deployed on spacecraft or the lunar surface to aid in localization and help future space vehicles determine position, velocity, and time to high accuracy.