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The public is invited to virtually attend NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night event on Saturday, September 26.

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Celebrate Virtual International Observe the Moon Night with NASA Goddard

The contest, open to U.S. students in grades K-12, challenges participants to imagine leading a one-week expedition to the Moon’s South Pole.

Take a Trip to the Moon — and an Artemis Launch — with the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest

Learn how you can host an International Observe the Moon Night event in this NASA Night Sky Network webinar recording.

Save the Date card for International Observe the Moon Night on September 26th, 2020

International Observe the Moon Night Webinar

While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water.

The Moon as viewed by NASA’s Mariner 10 orbiter in 1973

The Moon Is Rusting, and Researchers Want to Know Why

Chris Culbert and Camille Alleyne explain how NASA will use commercially built and operated landers from American companies to send payloads to the surface of the Moon.

Close-up of a drill operating on the lunar surface.

Houston We Have a Podcast: Moon Deliveries

Dozens of times over the last decade, NASA scientists and collaborators have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel orbiting the Moon. Today they announced that they have received a return signal for the first time.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite in orbit around the moon

Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected ozone in Earth's atmosphere.

Illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope silhouetted against the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars

A microwave oven–sized CubeSat will serve as the first spacecraft to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit, paving the way for humanity's future on and around the Moon.

Illustration of the CAPSTONE satellite orbiting the Moon

What is CAPSTONE?

Beginning on the near side of the Moon, with the Apollo sites marked, the view quickly moves to the South Pole and zooms in to show the changing illumination conditions there for an entire year.

A shadowy crater near the Moon's South Pole

From Apollo Sites To The South Pole

Preparing to explore the surface of the Moon goes well beyond designing and building safe spacecraft and spacesuits. NASA also has to ensure the surface vehicles and suits have the mobility required to do science, and that astronauts have the tools they need to identify and scoop up rock and soil samples.

A NASA astronaut wearing the xEMU spacesuit kneels near a lander on the Moon's surface.

Spacesuits and Tools for Exploring the Moon

What started out as a hunt for ice lurking in polar lunar craters turned into an unexpected finding that could help scientists better understand the Moon’s formation.

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Radar Points to Moon Being More Metallic Than Researchers Thought

Which way the wind blows in space has new importance for astronaut safety at the Moon.

Moon exposed to solar wind outside of Earth's magnetotail

NASA Spacecraft Helps Identify Solar Radiation Patterns That Expose the Moon

NASA's Lunar Flashlight aims to detect ice at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never seen sunlight.

NASA's Lunar Flashlight satellite uses a laser to probe a dark crater on the moon (artist's illustration).

NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters

NASA has awarded industry partner Astrobotic of Pittsburgh a contract to deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s South Pole.

A rover on the surface of the Moon

NASA Selects Astrobotic to Fly Water-Hunting Rover to the Moon

What is a supermoon? And other frequently asked supermoon questions.

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Supermoon Frequently Asked Questions

The next full Moon will be on Tuesday night, April 7. It's also a "supermoon," the largest of the full Moons this year.

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The Next Full Moon Is a "Supermoon" Pink Moon

With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon

Artist conception of astronauts on the Moon

Humanity's Return to the Moon: The How and Why of Artemis

NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17 for scientific study.

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NASA Opens Previously Unopened Apollo Sample Ahead of Artemis Missions

The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no one is sure exactly when or how that ice got there. A new study suggests that while a majority of those deposits are likely billions of years old, some may be more recent.

The South Pole of the Moon is cratered and gray

New Research Sheds Light on the Ages of Lunar Ice Deposits

50 years ago, Apollo 12 launched to the Moon!

Apollo 12 mission patch with a ship, four stars, and a Moon

50 Years Ago: Return to the Moon