Colonization of the Moon - Wikipedia
Colonization of the Moon is a process [1] or concept employed by some proposals for robotic [2] [3] or human exploitation and settlement endeavours on the Moon. Often used as a synonym for its more specific element of settling the Moon (the establishing and expanding of lunar habitation ), lunar or space colonization as a whole has become ...
How Do We Settle on the Moon? - Universe Today
2024年7月14日 · Lunar colonization was also explored in fiction by the late and great Arthur C. Clarke. This included the short story Earthlight (1955), where a settlement on the Moon finds itself caught in...
History of Lunar Exploration - NASA Science
2017年9月27日 · In response to the 1961 flight of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program greatly accelerated interest in exploring the Moon.
In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The leading theory of the Moon's origin is that a Mars-sized body collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. The resulting debris from both Earth and the impactor accumulated to form our natural satellite 239,000 miles (384,000 kilometers) away.
Lunar Colonization - Energy and Power - NASA
2023年4月27日 · In this unit of 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate/Extend, Evaluate) lessons, aligned to national education standards, students learn the differences between Earth and the moon; the limitations and constraints of living on the moon; and which type of energy sources would be suitable for a lunar habitat.
Lunar timeline: humanity's explorations of the moon | Space
2021年3月15日 · 1961: President John F. Kennedy proposed a manned lunar program. 1964: NASA's Ranger 7 produced the first close-up TV pictures of the lunar surface. 1966: Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 made the first...
Moon | Features, Phases, Surface, Exploration, & Facts | Britannica
2 天之前 · Should humans colonize the Moon? Space colonization, on the Moon or elsewhere, is widely debated. Some argue that humans have a moral duty to save our species from extinction, and space colonization is one way of doing so.
Artemis - NASA
2022年12月11日 · The Artemis missions will build a community on the Moon, driving a new lunar economy and inspiring a new generation. Narrator Drew Barrymore and NASA team members explain why returning to the Moon is the natural next step in human exploration, and how the lessons learned from Artemis will pave the way to Mars and beyond.
Moon Exploration - Science@NASA
As of January 2024, four nations have successfully landed on the Moon (USSR, United States, India, China). During the Apollo missions of 1969–1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the Moon and used a Lunar Roving Vehicle to travel on the surface and extend their studies of soil mechanics, meteoroids, lunar ranging, magnetic fields, and solar ...
Moon exploration, facts and information - National Geographic
2020年7月17日 · A brief history of moon exploration. In the 1950s, the Cold War sparked a race to visit Earth's moon with flybys, robots, and crewed missions. Here's what we discovered—and what's next. By...