Exciting news has recently come out of China, that they are aiming to be the first country to land a probe on the dark side of the Moon, later this year. According to The Xinhua new agency they are planning to land the Chang’e-4 probe, in an attempt to grow flowers on the Moon’s surface. […]
Author Archives: Moon Life HQ
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Nov
Nov
The full Moon of November 14th 2016 will occur at 13.53 GMT, only a few hours after the Moon is at what is known as perigee, the point in the Moon’s orbit when it is closest to Earth. The resulting supermoon will appear to be up to 14% bigger, and 30% brighter than the usual […]
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Florida based company Moon Express has been given approval by The US government for their planned 2017 robotic lunar landing. This is the first time that permission has been granted to a private company to land on the Moon, as previously they had only been able to operate on or around Earth. Only government […]
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Nov
Nov
Twitter is going absolutely nuts today, following the sneak release of the John Lewis 2015 Christmas advert. The campaign, which according to Marketing Week cost £7 million is due to launch on television this evening (6th November). The advert features a young girl looking through her telescope at the Moon, when she spies an elderly […]
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Farmer Palmer was “over the moon” with his recent birthday present. Viz Magazine portrayed the happy event hilariously. Just imagine what would happen if he could really get there……….
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For the first time in more than 30 years we will be able to see a supermoon in combination with a total eclipse of the Moon. The moon on the night of September 27-28 will be visible at it’s brightest and biggest, as it makes its closest approach to the Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere […]
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This shaded relief image shows the moon’s Shackleton Crater, situated near to the Lunar south pole, which is permanently shadowed. The interior structure is illustrated in colour based on data from NASA’s LRO probe. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SVS “A team of researchers lead by Bill Farrell of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, investigated how […]
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This is a wonderful video put together by NASA to explain the way the Moon has evolved.
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This man, Gene Cerman was the last of the 12 human beings to set foot on the surface of the Moon. Photo Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Only 12 human beings have had the pleasure of walking on the surface of the Moon. The most famous were of course the two Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong […]
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Aug
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The rise and fall of the tides on Earth is caused by the Moon: The elliptical orbits of the Moon around the Earth, and the Earth around the Sun have a substantial effect on the Earth’s tides. Once a month when the Moon is closest to the Earth the gravitational pull is greatest, creating bigger […]