Welcome to LunarIP

The aim of this site is to provide a community interested in furthering Lunar exploration.  As it stands today, Lunar exploration is the domain of government space agencies and in the near future possibly some richer private corporations. Building on the open source mechanisms that have proven themselves elsewhere, it is believed that individuals or smaller groups may be able to contribute to future exploration of the Moon, through undertaking projects that develop technologies required and that foster interest in younger budding explorers.

This site aims to:

Results of the Phoenix Mission to Mars and Analog sites on Earth

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 21:49 — kevin

Dr. Christopher P. McKay, Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASAi Ames, talks about the Mars Phoenix Lander.


Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images Phoenix Lander and associated components on Martian surface

Tue, 05/27/2008 - 13:08 — kevin

In a followup operation in which the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of the Phoenix Lander as it descended onto the martian surface, the HiRISE imaging system aboard the MRO has returned high definition images of the Phoenix lander and other components associated with the lander as it descended to Mars.

NASA measures meteoroids impacting the lunar surface

The Meteoroid Environment Office at NASAi Marshall Space Center is measuring the rates and sizes of large meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. These measurements are being taken on the dark side of the moon and are measuring meteoroids that are greater than 500 grams in mass.

Phoenix Parachute descent captured by NASA Satellite

Mon, 05/26/2008 - 10:32 — kevin

The descent of the Phoenix Mars Lander was captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Phoenix Mars Lander has landed

Sun, 05/25/2008 - 16:00 — kevin

At 4:53pm PST, the NASAi Phoenix Mars lander sucessfully landed on Mars. Below are some initial imagery provided by NASA from the lander.

 www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/ provides complete details.

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