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Earth's Moon has a core, mantle, and crust. The Moon’s core is proportionally smaller than other terrestrial bodies' cores. The solid, iron-rich inner core is 149 miles (240 kilometers) in radius. It is surrounded by a liquid iron shell 56 miles (90 kilometers) thick. A partially molten layer with a thickness of 93 miles (150 kilometers ...
NASA's interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.
While the Moon has always been an object of wonder and scientific interest to humanity, lunar exploration began in earnest in the 1950s, with the United States and the USSR developing and launching robotic spacecraft. In 1959, the USSR’s Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to fly by the Moon. In 1966, Luna 9 achieved […]
Hace 1 día · The Moon. The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and is the fifth-largest satellite in the solar system. It has a diameter of 3,474 kilometers and a mass of 7.34 x 10^22 kilograms, making it about 1/81st the mass of Earth. The Moon's surface is covered in craters, mountains, and plains, with the largest feature being the Imbrium Basin.
3 de oct. de 2017 · The Moon’s Surface. From lunar orbit, astronauts pointed cameras out the window of their spacecraft to capture photos of the moon's surface. The closest look we’ve had at the moon came from the launch of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s. Between 1967 and 1972, a series of missions landed the first men on the moon.
27 de sept. de 2017 · By Paul D. Spudis, Lunar and Planetary Institute The Moon has held our imaginations for millennia, yet it is only in modern times that we have visited this body, first with robotic machines and then with astronauts. Exploration of the Moon has taught us much about the evolution of the solar system and ourselves. We’ve […]
1 de mar. de 2024 · Even though we can't see that side from Earth, several missions have photographed and studied the far side of the moon, with the first photos of the lunar far side taken by the Soviet Union's Luna ...
