The moon snuck into a couple of the images as well ... The crater is visible from Earth as a dark circle in the northeast section of the moon if viewed from the Northern Hemisphere.

So be sure to put a big circle on your calendar for Thursday ... During the time that the moon is entering into and later emerging from out of the Earth's shadow, secondary phenomena may be ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about ... The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before sending it on a lunar trajectory.

A week from now, the moon will be rising in the east around the same time the sun sets in the west. On the night of March 13, it climbs high into the south around midnight — just before the edge ...

Unlike a partial or total lunar eclipse, the moon won't darken or turn red; during a penumbral eclipse the moon only looks a little darker than normal. The full moon of March, called the Worm ...

Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed ...