Ss:Moon

==Lunar Web Pages==
 * Wikipedia

Moon Places in the News
See also Space Places in the News
 * Erlanger Crater (Sep 09) -
 * Sea of Tranquility (Jul 2009) -
 * Sea of Clouds (Jul 2009) -
 * Sea of Cold (Jul 09) -
 * Descartes Highlands (Jul 09) -
 * Shackelton Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Anaxagoras A Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Tycho Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Aristarchus Plateau (Jul 09) -
 * Tsiolkovskiy Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Hell E Crater (Jul 09) -
 * South Pole Aitken Bain (Jul 09) -
 * Goddard C Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Gill Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Ocean of Storms (Jun 09) -
 * The Great Wall of Procellarum (Jun 09) -
 * Planitia Descensus (Jun 09) -
 * Galilaei Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Copernicus Crater (Mar 09) -
 * Dririchlet-Jackson Basin (Feb 09) -
 * Antoniadi Crater (Feb 09) -
 * Mare Smythii (Feb 09) -

Static Electricity A Hazard (Apr 2007)

 * http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11616-moon-dust-danger-could-peak-in-10-years.html

Early Soviet Lunar Photoes Reprocessed (May 2007)
Reprocessed images of images by Luna 3 and Zond 3 reveal details of the Dark Side of the Moon.
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070514_moon_images.html

Chang'e-1 to Impact the Moon (Jan 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/08/content_10625458.htm

Chang'e-1 Impacts the Moon (Mar 2009)

 * http://in.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idINTRE52013520090301
 * http://en.rian.ru/world/20090301/120363425.html
 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm

China To Complete Hi Res Map of Moon (Aug 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11830895.htm

Global LALT Map Created (Feb 2009)
- Highest point is Dririchlet-Jackson basin, lowest point is Antoniada crater
 * http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/moonmap.htm

Four Kaguya Science Papers (Feb 2009)
1) Lunar Radar Sounder Observations of Subsurface Layers under the Nearside Maria* of the Moon 2) Farside Gravity Field of the Moon from the Four-way Doppler Measurements of the SELENE (Kaguya) 3) The Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry 4) The Long-lived Volcanism on the Lunar Farside Revealed by the SELENE Terrain Camera
 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/02/20090213_kaguya_e.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090212-moon-far-side.html

First Far Side Gravity Map Produced (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16606-first-gravity-map-of-moons-far-side-unveiled.html
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40813/title/About-face_A_look_at_the_moons_farside
 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2551/map-moons-far-side-offers-new-clues-its-formation
 * http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37773

Kaguya to Crash Into the Moon (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0906/09kaguya/
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html

SMART-1 Team Maps Kaguya's Future Impact Site (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMM5RVTGVF_0.html

Kaguya Crashes Into Moon (Jun 2009)

 * http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090612a1.html
 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Chandrayaan-1-is-sole-moon-craft-in-space/articleshow/4645816.cms
 * http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/en/communication/KAGUYA_Lunar_Impact_e.htm
 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/KAG061109.xml&headline=Kaguya%20Moon%20Probe%20Impacts%20Surface%20&channel=space
 * http://www.smh.com.au/world/lunar-landing-japan-claims-a-kaguya-coup-20090611-c50i.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/2009june8-week-in-space/4

Pre-Impact Photos Released (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_hdtv_e.html

3D Movie of Kaguya's Crash Created (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_e.html

Uranium Found on the Moon by Kaguya (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/2009july3-week-in-space/6
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090629-uranium-moon.html

Japan's Mission Complete, Fails to Find Water (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0907/06kaguya/

Iron Bearing Minerals Found at Oriental Basin (Dec 08)

 * http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=106496
 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200812271240.htm
 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-239

First Images to be Released (Dec 2008)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200812301121.htm

Mission Could Last More than 2 Years (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901041714.htm

Resolution and Scope Touted (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.india.com/technology/computers/chandrayaan_sends_pretty_pictures_moon_2587
 * http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Chandrayaan_Beams_40000_Images_of_Moon_Surface/551-97700-547.html

Experimental Radar Peers Into South Polar Haworth Crater (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/DARK012209.xml&headline=Chandrayaan%20Radar%20Peers%20Into%20Lunar%20Crater
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/access/id/40164/title/First_image_of_Moons_Haworth_crater

Detects X-Rays from the Moon (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090126-lunar-xrays-solar-flare.html
 * http://www.newspostonline.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-camera-detects-x-ray-signal-from-moon-2009012328630
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/24/stories/2009012454901100.htm
 * http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/C1XSresult.aspx

First Review of Science by ISRO(Jan 2009)

 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090128/jsp/nation/story_10449332.jsp
 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090128/jsp/nation/story_10449332.jsp

Thoughts of the Impactor (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200901281011.htm

Chandrayaan-1 in Orbit 100 Days (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200901300325.htm
 * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isro-to-examine-chandrayaans-preliminary-data/83973-11.html
 * http://www.spacetoday.net/getarticle.php3?id=133862

Chandrayaan-1 Confirms Lunar Highlands Formed in a Magma Ocean (Apr 2009)

 * http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Its-strike-II-for-Chandrayaan/articleshow/4463113.cms

Chandrayaan-1 Orbit Raised (May 2009)

 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090521/jsp/nation/story_10998779.jsp
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/21/stories/2009052155301100.htm
 * http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/008200905201781.htm
 * http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfurzljjbgh&title=Chandrayaan_orbit_raised_to_200_km_from_moon&?vsv=TopHP1

Chandrayaan-1 Finds Water Ice at North Polar Areas (Apr-May 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/10/content_11164495.htm
 * http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_isro-nasa-scientists-sniff-water-on-moon_1257946

Before Joint Mission (Aug 2009)

 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Isro-Nasa-to-jointly-look-for-water-on-Moon/articleshow/4917100.cms

Space probes fly in tandem to search for lunar water (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Sats082109.xml&headline=Two%20Satellites%20Search%20For%20Lunar%20Ice&channel=space
 * http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20090821_isro-nasa.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17679-space-probes-fly-in-tandem-to-search-for-lunar-water.html

Tandem Moon Observations Failed (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/Tandem090409.xml&headline=Tandem%20Lunar%20Observations%20Failed

Aftermath of Chandrayaan-1 Failure (Sep 2009)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8230230.stm
 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Ahmedabad/Scientists-pin-hopes-on-data-collected-from-Chandrayaan-1/articleshow/4952332.cms

Chandrayaan-1 Supports Lunar Magma Ocean Hypothesis (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.ptinews.com/news/261103_Chandrayaan-1-confirms-lunar-magma-ocean-hypo
 * http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20090902_chandrayaan_mission.html

Chandrayaan-1 Found Evidence for Apollo 15 (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6128889/India-has-successful-moon-mission.html
 * http://gizmodo.com/5352410/indian-probe-takes-clear-photo-of-apollo-15-hopefully-smashing-conspiracy-theories-forever

Global Partners Pleased by Science Results (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/space-scientists-laud-indias-moon-mission-data-despite-setback_100244155.html
 * http://www.ptinews.com/news/269567_Chandrayaan-scientists-exchange-ideas-from-mission

Failure Caused by Heat Issues, Was Covered Up (Sep 2009)

 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Chandrayaan-I-was-killed-by-heat-stroke/articleshow/4979818.cms
 * http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/ET-Cetera/ISRO-admits-miscalculation-led-to-Chandrayaans-termination/articleshow/4981293.cms

Chandrayaan-II To be launched by 2013 (Jul 2009)

 * http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jhetknaijjj&title=Chandrayaan_II_to_be_launched_by_2013
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070556691600.htm

British Team Shows Ice Most Likely in Polar Regions (Dec 2008)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7803345.stm
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/du-mpc121708.php

Pre-Launch Activities (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-103_LRO_LCROSS_prelaunch.html

LRO and LCROSS Launched (Jun 2009)

 * http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i25/8725news6.html
 * http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/06/20/20090620moonlaunch0620.html

LCROSS Completes Lunar Swingby (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-145_LCROSS_Swingby.html

NASA's LCROSS's Centaur to Impact Lunar Pole to Find Water (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/crashing-into-the-moon-for-science/
 * http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-08/18/nasa-blasts-moon-in-search-for-water.aspx
 * http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09211/987142-51.stm
 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw062909p3.xml&headline=Lcross%20Will%20Crash%20To%20Search%20for%20Water%20on%20the%20Moon

First Images from LCROSS (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090624-lcross-firstlight.html
 * http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northrop-GrummanBuilt-LCROSS-pz-1495393443.html?x=0&.v=1

LRO Completes Thermal Vacuum Tests (Dec 2008)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_08-335_LRO_Thermal_Complete.html

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Orbit (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Arrive062409.xml&headline=LRO%20Arrives%20At%20Moon&channel=space

First Photos from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Released (Jul 2009)

 * http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/first-moon-photos-lunar-recon-orbiter/index.html
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1197303/Nasas-LRO-sends-moon-images-incredible-detail.html
 * http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/07/02/nasas-lunar-orbiter-sends-back-results-of-first-kodak-moments/
 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/49772807.html

General Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Articles (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1429/1

LEND Finds Hydrogen in Cold and Hot Places (Sep 2009)
Lunar Explorer Neutron Detector
 * http://www.wesh.com/news/20974657/detail.html
 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av020/090917mapping.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090917-lro-new-images.html

LAMP Ultraviolet Polar Mapping Begins (Sep 2009)
Lyman Alpha Mapping Project
 * http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2009/Lamp.htm
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/HQ_09-215_LRO_First_Light.html

DLRE Makes Global Temparature Map - Poles Coldest in SS (Sep 2009)

 * http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nasa-temperature-maps-provide-102070.aspx
 * http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/917/2
 * http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cold_moon
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/science/space/18moon.html?_r=2&ref=science

Lunar Dust Analyser to be Built (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7b5ab0b517e1cc3413a0585cf5c190eb.html
 * http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/e90719f928af57969f597c0d44e3a8ec.html

Moon Simulators at Hawaii (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/2996/turning-lunar-dust-into-gold

Lunar Rock Suggests Moon Had a Magnetic Field (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/space/20moon.html?_r=2&ref=science
 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/MNFF15B3TE.DTL&type=science

Zircon Dates Lunar Crust (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/01/26/2474456.htm?site=science&topic=space
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16486-moon-sample-contains-oldest-zircon-on-earth.html

Apollo Rocks Still Studied (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123348343569210.xml&coll=1

Goddard to Investigate "Stormy" Moon (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2009/dream.html

Impacts May Have Spun Moon Around (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/39430092.html
 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2493/moons-backside-may-once-have-faced-earth

New Lunar Facts From the Current Missions (Feb 2009)

 * http://dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2009/02/24/sci_moonmap.ART_ART_02-24-09_B4_2FCV8S1.html?sid=101

Age of "Hidden" Craters Sought (Mar 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126993.500-moon-hides-scars-of-a-violent-past.html

Earthshine Varies by Rotation (Apr 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/090407-earthshine-moon.html
 * http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=5752
 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/04/07/2537088.htm?site=science&topic=latest

Stereo Spacecraft to Search L3 and L4 Positions for Remnants of Theia (Apr 2009)

 * http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/04/10/stereo-spacecraft-set-to-search-for-lunar-leftovers/

Lunar Dust Stickiness Varies By Sun Ray Angles(Apr 2009)

 * http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/apr/24/dont-you-dare-bring-lunar-dust-my-house-young-man/
 * http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/23/science/sci-moondust23
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090421-st-moon-dust-sunangle.html
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/agu-da4041709.php

New Software Renders What Past and Future Lunar Eclipses Would Look Like (Jun 2009)

 * http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2596

Shattered Dwarf Planet May Have Caused Impacts on Moon Etc (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.600-broken-dwarf-planet-may-have-scarred-the-moon.html

General 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Science (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/2858/why-moon-rocks

Lunar Craters Most Likely Comets (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17520-comets-not-asteroids-to-blame-for-moons-scarred-face.html

Lunar Orbiter 1 Earthrise Picture Restored (Mar 2009)

 * http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/22/nation/na-lunar22

"Picture of the Century" Shot of Copernicus Crater Restored (Mar 2009)

 * http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1321

Misc

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090331-st-moon-views-makeover.html

LOIRP Releases Ocean of Storms Images (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_5.html

LOIRP Releases Restored Lunar South Pole Images (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/08/loirp_releases_restored_image.html

Moon Dust Not as Strange as Hoped (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327234.800-moon-dust-not-as-strange-as-hoped.html

Water found in Apollo samples (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1007/22moon/
 * http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article528401.ece