Mapping the Moon: A Brief History of Lunar Cartography from Galileo to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mapping the Moon

A Brief History of Lunar Cartography from Galileo to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mapping the Moon: Lecture Videos

April 22, 2010

“Star Struck! Sidereal Messages from Galileo to Herschel”

William B. Ashworth, Jr., Associate Professor of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Consultant for History of Science, Linda Hall Library.


February 8, 2019

“Astronauts and Astrobiology: Military Space Science Before Apollo”

Dr. Jordan Bimm, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow, Princeton University


March 28, 2019

“The Science of Apollo”

Andrew Chaikin, author and space history; Gerry Griffin, Lead Flight Director for Apollos 12, 15, and 17, and the third director of the Johnson Space Center; Dr. Clive Neal, Professor of Planetary Geology, University of Notre Dame; and Dr. Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut


April 11, 2019

“Roving Down the Road Towards Understanding the Habitability of Mars”

Dr. John A. Grant, geologist, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum


May 9, 2019

“Return to the Moon and On to Mars”

Alicia Dwyer Cianciolo, aerospace engineer, NASA Langley Research Center