Lunar Farside

  • Illustration of radio telescope on the Moon. Credit NASA/JPL
    NASA eyes moon's dark side for astronomy, new telescopes
    From UPI: NASA scientists, as well as astronomers around the world, plan to install lunar observatories in the next few years to peer into the universe's ancient past -- just after the Big Bang.Science equipment headed to the moon already includes a
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  • Artist illustration of DAPPER mission and the Moon
    Exploring the far side of the Moon and beyond with NESS
    From Innovation News Network: NASA has created the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), bringing together teams of researchers who are interested in the Moon, asteroids and the moons of Mars, airless bodies in Earth’s
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  • A decades-old idea from lunar scientist Richard Vondrak, who worked at the Apollo Science Operations Center during the Moon landing program, proposed using lunar craters to build radio telescopes like the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Here, an artist’s concept shows how three telescopes could be used separately or combined to create a giant instrument.
    The history and future of telescopes on the Moon
    From Astronomy.com: For radio astronomers, Earth is a noisy place. Many modern electronics leak radio signals, which interfere with the long, faint wavelengths of light studied by radio observatories. And for decades, this invisible light
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  • The Far Side Of The Moon Is The Perfect Place For a Radio Telescope artist illustration
    The Far Side Of The Moon Is The Perfect Place For a Radio Telescope
    We’ve now passed the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, and all eyes are back on the Moon. NASA is planning to return to the Moon by 2024 with its Artemis mission, the Chinese have put the Moon firmly in their plans for space exploration,
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