Occultation of Mars by the Moon, 1941.

Disney’s Man and the Moon.

Moon Shuttle 1962

In the interview embedded above he tells the story of when Armstrong was a guest of honour at the White House in 1994. At the end of his speech he turns to the assembled high school students and says: “There are wonders beyond belief on the moon for those who can remove truth’s protective layers.”

Two things. Officially there aren’t wonders beyond belief on the moon. It’s boring. And since when does truth practice safe sex?

Your Boring, Crowded Universe: The Whisky Rant (Part 6)

Celebrating Art’s 1,000,051st Birthday. The Moon Bounce Serenade

In 1963, Robert Filiou declared that art was born on January 17, 1 million years ago. Filiou explained that, inexplicably, on that day, someone dropped a dry sponge into bucket of water. Before then, there was no art. Then, there was.

Unexpectedly, Filiou’s declaration has lived on, and today we celebrate art’s 1,000,051st birthday.

The European Broadcasting Union is commemorating this event with a massive radio project in which twenty-one national radio stations are airing live shows from their studios.

In Estonia, they’re teaming up with world leading Moon-Earth-Moon amateur-radio enthusiasts, no less than the largest music delay block is created out of the … Moon itself.

Republic of the Moon – London

It’s four decades since humans walked on the Moon, but it now seems likely that we will return there this century – whether to mine for its minerals, as a ‘stepping stone’ to Mars, or simply to do scientific research. In a provocative pre-emptive action, a group of artists are declaring a Republic of the Moon here on Earth, to re-examine our relationship with our planet’s only natural satellite.

After two decades working with space dreamers from the European Space Agency to anarchist autonomous astronauts, The Arts Catalyst will transform Bargehouse into an Earth-based embassy for a Republic of the Moon, filled with artists’ fantastical imaginings. Presenting international artists including Liliane Lijn, Leonid Tishkov, Katie Paterson, Agnes Meyer Brandis, and WE COLONISED THE MOON, the exhibition combines personal encounters, DIY space plans, imaginary expeditions and new myths for the next space age.

Republic of the Moon – London

NASA Earthrise 45th anniversary

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LADEE Project Scientist Update: Intial Observations of Chang’e 3 Landing | NASA

No increase in dust was observed by LDEX, no change was seen by UVS, no propulsion products were measured by NMS. Evidently, the normal native lunar atmospheric species seen by UVS and NMS were unaffected as well. It is actually an important and useful result for LADEE not to have detected the descent and landing. It indicates that exhaust products from a large robotic lander do not overwhelm the native lunar exosphere.

LADEE Project Scientist Update: Intial Observations of Chang’e 3 Landing | NASA