1. ASTR 1101-001 Spring 2008 Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor 247 Nicholson Hall [Slides from Lecture29]

2. Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

3. Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

4. Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

5. Chapter 10: The Moon

7. Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

9. Crater Clavius Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

10. Mare Imbrium Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

11. Mare Tranquillitatis Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

15. Chapter 10: The Moon

17. Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

19. Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

21. Chapter 10: The Moon Relationship to Earth Surface features –Maria (plural for ‘Mare’) –Highlands –Craters/Mountains Interior structure Formation Exploration of the Moon

22. Exploration of the Moon (unmanned spacecrafts) 1959: Lunas 1, 2, & 3 (Soviet) Early 1960s: Project Ranger (U.S.) 1966 – 1967: Five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft (U.S.) 1966 – 1968: Five (U.S.) Surveyor spacecraft made soft landings on lunar surface others … 1994: Clementine (U.S.) 2004 – 2006: SMART-1 (European Space Agency)

23. Exploration of the Moon (human exploration) Mercury program (1 astronaut) Gemini program (2 astronauts) Apollo program (3 astronauts)

24. December 1968: Apollo 8 “Earthrise”

25. First Astronauts on the Moon 20 July 1969: Apollo 11

26. November, 1969: Apollo 12

27. Surveyor 3 (1967)

28. July 1971: Apollo 15

29. April, 1972: Apollo 16