All About The Moon

This course is part of a series of classes about our solar system and how it teaches us about the past, present, and future of planet Earth. The course begins with a review of the history of the Apollo program, then moves on to discuss how the Moon formed, how its surface was shaped by volcanism and impacts, and what we have learned from orbital missions since Apollo. It concludes with a discussion of the ARTEMIS program and the potential for humans to live on the Moon.

Optional readings on the course website.

Darby Dyar is an emerita professor of Astronomy at Mount Holyoke College and is now employed by NASA as the Deputy Principal Investigator of the VERITAS mission to Venus, scheduled to launch in 2032. She has studied the Moon and worked on Apollo samples for nearly 50 years.