Etched in the dust: personal family traces
The Silicon Disc of Goodwill
Memorials for the fallen
Mapping the Moon's geography
007skaty Lunar Hidden Figures
Up on the moon! Up on the moon! Mouton and Vaughan are written on the moon!
007skaty Early selenography progressed from Thomas Harriot's 1609 sketch to Michael Florent van Langren's 1645 map naming features after saints and European royalty.
007skaty His system labeled dark lunar plains after emotions and craters after historical scientists
007skaty Label the moon's craters to discover the famous scientists and explorers honored on its surface.
Lunar craters: Despite thousands of named craters, only a tiny fraction are named after women, a gap the IAU is actively working to correct.
The scientific mapping and study of the physical features of the Moon. In 1647, Johannes Hevelius published a seminal atlas, laying the groundwork for charting the lunar surface.
What is the scientific term for the study and mapping of the physical features of the Moon?
Who drew the earliest known telescopic map of the Moon in July 1609, even before Galileo?
Which Jesuit astronomer published the 1651 map that established the modern lunar naming system?
How did Giovanni Riccioli choose to name the large, dark basaltic plains on the Moon?
Which international organization has been officially responsible for naming lunar features since 1919?
According to modern IAU rules, what is a primary requirement for a person to have a lunar crater named after them?
What was the primary role of 'human computers' like Katherine Johnson during the early space race?