Post edited 9:07 am – July 3, 2009 by chris Dann

The Moon is great isn’t it? It features in the best album ever (The Dark Side of the Moon)  and is like an old friend flying round the Earth. Other planets may have more Moons and more colourful Moons but our moon is ours.  If you feel that the Moon needs a hug and protection like a bullied friend then this petition may be to your liking.

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In July 1969 the telescopes at Jodrell Bank were tracking the American's Eagle Lander carrying astronauts onto the surface of the Moon.

At the same time Jodrell Bank scientists were also tracking the unmanned Soviet spacecraft Luna 15, which was trying to land on the Moon, collect samples of lunar soil and rock and then return to Earth to scoop the US Apollo 11 mission.

The data captured by the Lovell radio telescope revealed this rocket orbited the Moon and crash-landed onto its surface at 15:50 on 21st July – just a few hours before the Americans lifted off from the Moon's surface.

In the newly released recordings, which were made over three days in mid-July of 1969, Sir Bernard Lovell – founder of the Jodrell Bank Observatory and the man behind the famous Lovell radio telescope – can be heard narrating events. Transmissions from the Apollo 11 astronauts can also be heard in the background.

The recording is here-

http://www.jodrellbank.manches…..-apollo11/

LCROSS observe by amateur astronomer, video.

http://science.nasa.gov/headli…..ist1332238

A very nice site on the Lunar reconnaissance orbiter (LRO)

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/