NASA Returns to the Moon
Hey Space Placers! If all goes well NASA’s next mission to the Moon will solve a scientific puzzle left over from the days of the Apollo Moon flights in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. Astronauts on Apollo missions 8, 10, 15 and 17 reported seeing pale, luminous lunar “twilight rays” about 10-seconds before lunar sunrise and sunset. Scientists then were at a loss as to what they could be. Read More About It: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/03sep_ladee / NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) - pronounced LAD-EE - is scheduled for launch Friday at 11:27 p.m. EDT. The night time launch will be visible over a wide area with potentially millions of people throughout the Northeast states able to view the launch - see my accompanying blog on how to see the LADEE launch. Artist's Concept of LADEE Above the Moon NASA You may be asking why the “atmosphere and dust” aspects of the LADEE mission - a good question indeed. Believe it or not...