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A simple, but beautiful video of the phases of the moon. The creator of the video used the Virtual Moon Atlas software to make the video. Be sure to go full screen while you watch it! From ASTRO.SG: Virtual Moon Atlas
Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Here is a great image of the International Space Station photographed from Houston, Texas flying by the Moon. This photo was taken January 4th. NASA – Space Station Flying by the Moon.
There’s something behind these clouds. Those faint graceful arcs, upon inspection, are actually far, far in the distance. They are the Earth’s Moon and the planet Venus. Both the Moon and Venus are bright enough to be seen during the day, and both are quite capable of showing a crescent phase. via APOD: 2010 May [...]
Impact craters are visible everywhere on the Moon, but pits are rare. This pit in Mare Ingenii (located at -35.95°N, 166.06°E) is about 427 feet (130 meters) in diameter. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via Space.com.
That’s the impact scar of the third stage of the Saturn V rocket (technically designated S-IVB) that carried Apollo 13 to — but sadly, not on — the Moon. Earlier missions had placed seismic instruments on the lunar surface to measure if the Moon had any activity. They found it did, and in fact several [...]
Like our Moon, Phobos always shows the same side to the planet, so it is only by flying outside the orbit that it becomes possible to observe the far side. Mars Express did just this on 7, 10 and 13 March 2010. Mars Express also collected data with other instruments. via ESA – Mars Express [...]
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