In the most comprehensive lunar map yet, the moon looks like it’s been playing paintball. Each splash of color identifies a discrete rock or sediment formation, including craters, basins and ...

NASA is testing a high-tech backpack containing technology that could be used by astronauts to create highly detailed maps of the lunar surface. Michael Zanetti, a NASA planetary scientist at NASA ...

They’ll launch to the moon together and orbit the moon and collect data from above the lunar surface. The first satellite is a lunar thermal mapper which will map the temperatures of the surface ...

A new study may help redefine how scientists map the surface of the Moon, making the process more streamlined and precise than ever before. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

An accurate map of the icy areas can help planetary scientists distinguish between different ways water moves across the lunar surface, and learn how the life-giving compound got there in the ...

Milliken and Li both differentiated between the two sources of water they analyzed on the moon. One type of water comes from within the moon and exists inside “glass beads.” But solar wind bombardment ...

A Clever Way to Map the Moon’s Surface—Using Shadows. How shade is cast reveals details of the rugged lunar landscape, allowing NASA to create 3D models for astronauts and rovers.

The crew of Apollo 11 carried maps of the lunar surface on their mission to the Moon in July 1969. The maps had been prepared by the United States Army Topographic Command specifically for the first ...

Once in orbit, the spacecraft—weighing 200kg and about the size of a washing machine—will map the surface temperature and ...

An international team of astronomers have created a global map of the surface of Titan, the ringed planet's largest moon, and it features some surprisingly Earth-like geological features.