WELCOME TO MY SITE AND HERE IS MY DISCLOSURE
PLEASE VISIT "ABOUT THE SITE" FIRST AND THEN VISIT "RELIABLE INFORMATION".
MY INTENTION IS NOT TO PROVE ANYTHING. THE SITE IS JUST A PLACE TO SAVE MY RESEARCH AND CREATE AWARENESS OF THE TOPIC. I WANTED TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO EXPLAIN MY POINT OF VIEW TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY RETYPING AND PROVIDING LINKS. ALL REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED. DO NOT BELIEVE ME AND RESEARCH THE BELOW FOR YOURSELF.
IF SOMETHING IS MY OPINION I WILL STATE IT OTHERWISE I ATTEMPT TO JUST LAY OUT THE INFORMATION FOUND. I MAY ON OCCASION PROVIDE MY CONCLUSION AT THE END BUT ULTIMATELY ITS UP TO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT.
USE DISCERNMENT WHEN READING ANY INFORMATION SOURCE.
MOON TIME LINE
SUBJECTS BELOW REQUIRE FURTHER RESEARCH OR ORGANIZATION
AS ALWAYS....... EXERCISE CAUTION WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION.
I MAKE NO GUARANTEE'S OF IT'S ACCURACY OR SOURCE RELIABILITY.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/moon/indepth
- 1610: Galileo Galilei is the first to use a telescope to make scientific observations of the moon.
- 1959-1976: The U.S.S.R.'s Luna program of 17 robotic missions achieves many "firsts" and three sample returns.
- 1961-1968: The U.S. Ranger, Lunar Orbiter, and Surveyor robotic missions pave the way for Apollo human lunar landings.
- 1969: Astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first human to walk on the moon's surface.
- 1994-1999: Clementine and Lunar Prospector data suggest that water ice may exist at the lunar poles.
- 2003: The European Space Agency's SMART-1 lunar orbiter inventories key chemical elements.
- 2007-2008: Japan's second lunar spacecraft, Kaguya, and China's first lunar spacecraft, Chang'e 1, both begin one-year missions orbiting the moon; India's Chandrayaan-1 soon follows in lunar orbit.
- 2008: The NASA Lunar Science Institute is formed to help lead NASA's research activities related to lunar exploration goals.
- 2009: NASA's LRO and LCROSS launch together, beginning the U.S. return to lunar exploration. In October, LCROSS was directed to impact a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole, resulting in the discovery of water ice.
- 2011: Twin GRAIL spacecraft launch to map the interior of the moon from crust to core, and NASA begins the ARTEMIS mission to study the moon's interior and surface composition.