Earth's Moon

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Earth's Moon
Science Activation
On March 18, 2026, students, staff, and members of NASA’s Langley Research Center gathered at Mary W. Jackson Elementary School in Hampton to celebrate the dedication of a remarkable addition to the campus – an Artemis Moon Tree. Although formally dedicated on this day, the loblolly pine had already taken root months earlier, having been […]
Posted March 25, 2026
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NASA Headquarters
Three Moon rocks are on display during a March 24, 2026, event where NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve the National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space.
Posted March 24, 2026
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Ames Research Center
Lunar Science
Science Instruments
Science Mission Directorate
NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).  
Posted March 24, 2026
Earth's Moon
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Early morning sunlight illuminates the western wall of this unnamed crater, leaving deep shadows on the ground and in the interior. The image was taken on August 30, 2023, by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera). LROC is a system of three cameras and one of the seven instruments aboard NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission, […]
Posted March 13, 2026
Earth's Moon
The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This “blood moon” occurs during a total lunar eclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun. When this happens, the only light that reaches the Moon’s surface is from the edges […]
Posted March 5, 2026
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Artemis
Artemis 1
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Artemis 3
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Artemis 5
Artemis Campaign Development Division
Astronauts
Earth's Moon
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Lee esta historia en español aquí. To achieve the national goal of landing American astronauts on the surface of the Moon and maintaining U.S. superiority in exploration and discovery, NASA announced Feb.
Posted March 3, 2026
Earth
Earth's Moon
Eclipses
Lunar Eclipses
Skywatching
The Solar System
The Sun
Uncategorized
A total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026. Here’s what you need to know. 
Posted January 29, 2026
Astromaterials
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery. These findings place upper bounds on how much water meteorites could have supplied later in Earth’s history. Research has previously shown that meteorites may have been a significant source of Earth’s water as they […]
Posted January 23, 2026
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International Space Station (ISS)
The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In our entire solar system, the only object that shines with its own light is the Sun. […]
Posted December 2, 2025
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