==Lunar Orbiter Program==
...r Orbiter 4 photographed the entire nearside and 95 % of the far side, and Lunar Orbiter 5 completed the far side coverage and acquired medium (20 m) and hi
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...hns Hopkins [[Applied Physics Laboratory]], formerly associated with the [[Lunar and Planetary Institute]].
...adar mapping instrument to try to confirm the presence of water ice at the lunar poles.
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#REDIRECT: [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
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#REDIRECT [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
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Prime Contractor of the [[LCROSS]] Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Secondary spacecraft to be ejected from NASA's [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
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[[Lunar Orbiter]]<BR/>
[[Lunar prospector]]<BR/>
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[[Image:10074655.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Sinus Medii - NASA S67-08133 - Lunar Orbiter II - 1966]]
...official IAU lunar coordinates system is located, i.e. Longitude-0 on the lunar Equator.
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[http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/ LRO Home Page]
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched on the 18th of June, 2009. It is Mappi
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...iter. Its unusual feature was the use of [[ion propulsion]] for the trans-lunar trajectory and orbital insertion. It launched in September, 2003, and impa
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Academia working on selenology (lunar science research)
| [[Institution]] || [[Chandrayaan-1]] || [[LLRI]] Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument || [[Investigator]] [http://www.isro.org/chandraya
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...urcing}} project from the Zooniverse community that uses images from the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]].
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...rently, Selenography focuses on the visible Lunar surface features and the Lunar natural environment; where they are located and how they interact with each
* Earth sciences (or Lunar sciences in this case)
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[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]<BR/>
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...s to lunar resources. A major concert until now is wither the top of this lunar mountain ridge contains enough flat ground to support a major settlement an
...omplete surface of the Moon. Anyone can now use this data to evaluate any lunar site they please.
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Lunar orbiter spacecraft. Formerly named "Selene".
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...—the first being Apollo 11 in 1969. These missions returned over 380 kg of lunar rocks, which have been used to develop a detailed geological understanding
...conds. On most parts of the moon, the lunar day is 14 Earth days long and lunar night is similarly 14 Earth days long. Since the moon is essentially airle
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...f '''Mare Orientale''', appears to have a large, long sinuous [[rille]] in Lunar Orbiter photographs. In addition, it appears the rille is located in mare-t
...an entry called "Prinzton" built into the walls of Rima Prinz [http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/papers/rille_paper1.htm]. They received second prize for th
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<font size=5> The Slopes of the Lunar Landscape <br> And how they effect settlement</font>
...h and our lack of experience can create real problems in our planning of a lunar settlement.
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LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
.... After launch, the 'secondary payload,' LCROSS spacecraft arrived in the lunar vicinity independent of the LRO satellite. On the way to the moon, the spac
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.... It is on the Earth side of the Moon and is the biggest mountain near the Lunar South Pole. The distance from the peak of [[Mt. Malapert]] to the South Pol
...e peak, the sun will appear low in the horizon, and circle the sky for one lunar day (29 Earth days). This is a great site for a field of solar panels.
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...the lava tube walls to provide an airtight, shirt-sleeve environment. Some lunar lava tubes may be large enough to contain small cities. Living in a lava tu
...the Moon: Possible Lunar Base Habitats", in '''''The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century''''', W.W. Mendell, ed., NAS
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...that is incorporated in many minerals on Earth was completely absent from lunar minerals.
...d''' the water molecules would be atomized and accelerated out of the weak lunar gravity field. Otherwise there would be a slight atmosphere of water and o
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...d, and hence is one of the volatiles found (in parts per million level) in Lunar regolith. It is a Noble gas in group 18 and is the second element in the Pe
...iction, and cohesion have been characterized and fall within the ranges of lunar mare soil samples. ...([[JSC-1|read more]])
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Long term lunar settlement, not to mention going on to Mars, will depend on successful extr
...gon-40 seeps out to the surface via fissures. This vented Argon enters the lunar atmosphere; then the Argon is implanted into the regolith by interactions w
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...ter. Figure 1 is of the Humorum Basin, which has been flooded with ancient lunar lavas.[[Image:GP4Fig_2.jpg|thumb|Figure 2<BR/>A fissure eruption in Hawaii]
...earth, it was shown to have the consistency of motor oil. This is because lunar lava is low in silicates (‘mafic’ lava). By contrast, earth’s ‘dome
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This is a list of ''[[lunar mare|maria]]'' (singular ''mare'') on the [[Moon]].
|+ Lunar Maria
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In 2009 massive amounts of new lunar data will become available to the public. This is a resource worth billion
...or scientific purposes. A different set of information will be needed for lunar engineering and mission planning. If software to generate these maps is ma
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...[[National Space Society]] and is co-founded with [[Myles Mullikin]] the [[Lunar Reclamation Society]], a chapter of the National Space Society.
...r moondust blanket with them! For a more complete account, see: http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/mmm_1.htm . Indeed, this moment became the wellspring for h
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#[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/9 Soviet Union Lunar Sample Return Missions]
#[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/11 Soviet Union Lunar Rovers]
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