National Geographic has always been at the forefront of lunar mapping ... missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at the time.

A lunar eclipse map showing which states will have the best viewing chances. A lunar eclipse map showing which states will have the best viewing chances. AccuWeather A map from AccuWeather shows ...

A robotic NASA spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which launched Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is aiming to provide a detailed map from orbit of the abundance ...

This map of the abundance of the element thorium on the moon was made with data from the Lunar Prospector, a space mission launched in 1998, shows that most of this radioactive element is ...

Storms are threatening lunar eclipse viewing on March 13-14 ... The NOAA sky coverage map indicates that most of Alabama will have 50% or less cloud coverage, except for parts of Montgomery ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin ...

Nasa has launched a small unmanned satellite which is heading to the Moon to find and map water on the lunar surface. The Lunar Trailblazer blasted off into space on Wednesday 26 February from the ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite launched from Florida and is set to identify where water can be found on the Moon. The lunar surface is often thought to be arid, but previous measurements have ...

Once it reaches lunar orbit, the small satellite – about the size of a dishwasher – will spend several months performing flybys and thruster burst to position itself to map the distribution of ...

Lunar Trailblazer is scheduled to perform a series of flybys and looping orbits over a span of several months to position itself to map the surface in detail. Eventually, it will orbit at an ...

However, visibility for the lunar eclipse is dependent on the weather. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The NWS cloud cover map below shows the percentage of cloud cover ...