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what's up for februari the moon hello

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and welcome I'm Jane Houston Jones from

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in

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Pasadena California during 2009 we'll be

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celebrating international year of

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astronomy by taking you on a tour of one

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of the month's best celestial objects

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this month it's the moon everyone can

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see the moon even in the daytime you

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don't even need a telescope or

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binoculars to see the moon when you gaze

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at the moon you'll see the same views

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that enchanted and startled ancient

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astronomers centuries ago during the

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full moon you can see patterns in the

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dark and light geologic surface features

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and others see a man on the moon what do

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skywatchers have observed and pondered

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the moon for centuries in the summer of

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1609 English mathematician Thomas

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Harriot was the first to aim his simple

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telescope at the moon and sketch what he

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saw his drawings show the lunar

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Terminator the line marking the division

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of day and night on the moon they also

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show some of the dark features including

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the Sea of Tranquility Harriet went on

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to create lunar maps over the next few

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years but Galileo's famous observations

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from later in 1609 were the first to be

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published and publicized in 1610 these

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first views and maps of the moon through

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telescopes revealed previously unknown

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jagged lunar surfaces fast-forward to

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the 20th century and beyond more than 70

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spacecraft have visited the moon so far

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12 men walked on the lunar surface and

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six of these drove lunar Rovers plans

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are underway for astronauts to return to

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the moon NASA's unmanned lunar

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reconnaissance orbiter launching this

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year will collect valuable information

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about the moon's environment that will

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help pave the way for those future

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missions besides the moon be sure to

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look at brilliant Venus in the western

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sky at sunset and look for Saturn in the

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eastern sky a few hours later this month

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you can read more about the moon and our

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planetary neighbor hood on NASA's

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international year of astronomy website

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astronomy 2009 NASA govt and you can

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learn all about NASA's missions at wns