The Earth-Moon System

Craters on Earth?

• Manicouagan, Clearwater Lakes, Canada
• Tunguska, Siberia
• Meteor crater, Arizona
• Cosmic calamity! ... and evidence here and here
  amazing lecture by Jay Melosh

Tides

• high/low comparison
  
• online data
• orbit animation

Lunar Spin & Orbit: Co-rotation

• the near side through one lunation
• the near side
• the far side

The Moon

The Lunar Surface

• highlands
  Descartes highlands as seen by Apollo 16
• maria
  Mare Imbrium, Mare Orientale
• craters
  Copernicus, more, more, and more craters
• regolith: first-hand description

NASA Apollo: 50th Anniversaries

• Apollo 8: Dec 1968
  • first global images of Earth
  • Earthrise
  • Christmas on the Moon
• Apollo 11: July 1969
  • crew: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
  • Command & Service Module Columbia here and here
  • Lunar Module (LM="lem") Eagle here, here, here, here, and here
  • landing on the Moon: video here (start at 13:30), and here; transcripts
  • iconic images here and here
  • walking on the Moon: video (start at 2:45), transcripts
  • landing site imaged by LRO

Origin of the Moon