SPACE1 Lunar Missions

Nasa

SPACE1 is accepting proposals from members for lunar projects and mission work that hold great interest and usefulness towards colonizing the Moon.  Members participate in analyzing the data collected and processing various lunar projects.

* T-probe to crash into the Moon's near side crater floor
* Polar lunar orbiter
* Mission to the far side of the Moon
* Lunar lander of undetermined nature
* Moon rover that could stent traverse the lunar Maria
* Moon rocket for Lunar Tourism
* Survey of lava tubes for the development of Lunar colonies and Moon cities
* Telescopic HD lunar mapping
* Atlas of Lunar Features

HSO Global Mars Dust Storm

Opportunity Rover is hibernating. Curiosity took this dusty self portrait on June 15, 2018. NASA

Global Alert! As of Thursday June 21, 2018, the giant dust storm on Mars has become global, covering the entire planet.

As evidenced by the harsh conditions, one NASA rover, Opportunity, has shut itself down as there is insufficient light to power the solar cells to keep the battery charged. When Curiosity took the self portrait above, the full extent of the storm had not reached it's location, but could be seen approaching dramatically in the distant background. 

HSO has put a delay/hold into the Mars Connect observational program. Images taken through ground based telescope show Mars surface features washed out. Astronomers continue to image the planet and RGBL with IR Cut is relatively void of features. Some astronomers are converting their routines to other wavelengths, some deep and other than the normal optical vision range of humans. It's likely the opacity of these images will decrease as the storm increases to greater density. Images can be tracked on a day to day basis at the Association for Lunar and Planetary Observers web site, Mars section.