ASTR Spring 2008 Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor 247 Nicholson Hall [Slides from Lecture29]
Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon
Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Crater Clavius Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Mare Imbrium Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Mare Tranquillitatis Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon
Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon
Exploration of the Moon (unmanned spacecrafts) 1959: Lunas 1, 2, & 3 (Soviet) Early 1960s: Project Ranger (U.S.) 1966 – 1967: Five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft (U.S.) 1966 – 1968: Five (U.S.) Surveyor spacecraft made soft landings on lunar surface others … 1994: Clementine (U.S.) 2004 – 2006: SMART-1 (European Space Agency)
Exploration of the Moon (human exploration) Mercury program (1 astronaut) Gemini program (2 astronauts) Apollo program (3 astronauts)
December 1968: Apollo 8 “Earthrise”
First Astronauts on the Moon 20 July 1969: Apollo 11
November, 1969: Apollo 12
Surveyor 3 (1967)
July 1971: Apollo 15
April, 1972: Apollo 16