In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBThe brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has …
Earth's Oldest Rock Found on the Moon - NASA Solar System …
WEBJan 24, 2019 · Scientists may have discovered the oldest Earth rock ever—on the Moon. A lunar sample returned by the Apollo 14 astronauts may contain a bit of Earth from about 4 billion years ago.
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBJupiter's menagerie of moons includes the largest in the solar system (Ganymede), an ocean moon (Europa) and a volcanic moon (Io). Many of Jupiter's outer moons have highly elliptical orbits and orbit backwards (opposite to the spin of the planet).
In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBMoon Mysteries Managed Enceladus and Titan get a lot of attention, but the Cassini mission also provided countless insights about dozens of Saturn’s other moons. Cassini captures the first high-resolution glimpse of the bright trailing hemisphere of …
In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBSaturn's largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. Only Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent. Titan is bigger than Earth's moon, and larger than even the planet Mercury.
In Depth | Enceladus – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBOct 9, 2008 · Few worlds in our solar system are as compelling as Saturn’s icy ocean moon Enceladus. A handful of worlds are thought to have liquid water oceans beneath their frozen shell, but Enceladus sprays its ocean out into space where a spacecraft can sample it.
Lunar Spacecraft Carries Ashes, Special Tribute to Shoemaker
WEBJan 6, 1998 · There could be no finer tribute to the legendary planetary geologist who said his greatest unfulfilled dream was to go to the moon. Tonight, the ashes of Eugene M. Shoemaker are to be launched in a memorial capsule aboard Lunar …
December 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon
WEBDec 27, 2020 · The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, Cold Moon, the Moon after Yule, the Long Night Moon, the Datta Jayanti Moon, Unduvap Poya, and the Chang'e Moon. The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, December 29, 2020, appearing opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude at 10:28 PM EST.
10 Things: Rockets We Love-Saturn V - NASA Solar System …
WEBApr 2, 2018 · 8—Moon Men. Saturn V rockets carried 24 humans to the Moon, and 12 of them walked on its surface between 1969 and 1972. Thirteen are still alive today.
Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets
WEBMay 26, 2014 · Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets. Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a …