August 2009 web extras for magazine subscribers

Karri Ferron — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Now that the August 2009 issue of Astronomy is in the mail or already in hand, we’ve updated Astronomy.com with our newest web extras to give subscribers exclusive complementary information to this special issue about our return to the Moon.

Take a sneak peek inside the August 2009 Astronomy magazine.

If you subscribe to Astronomy, make sure you’re registered with Astronomy.com so you can access these great extras.

Here are this issue's highlights:

Senior Editor Richard Talcott shares a NASA video animation preview of the Constellation program that will put humans back on lunar soil in “Return to the Moon.”

Associate Editor Daniel Pendick explores the opinions on NASA’s concept of “Moon first, then Mars” in “Should we go to the Moon first?”

Pendick also explains the uncertain effects of long-term exposure to space radiation and low gravity in “What are the health risks of a Mars mission?”

Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich offers an in-depth preview of the LRO and LCROSS missions that jointly launched June 18 in “NASA's next Moon mission.”

Pendick answers the “Ask Astro” question: “How warm does it get on Mars?”

And I’ve included a few more Q&As with Frank Shu and Joan Najita in “Astro Confidential: Extending the conversations.”

Of course, we’ve also posted “Bob Berman’s Strange Universe,” “Glenn Chaple’s Observing Basics,” “Stephen James O’Meara’s Secret Sky,” and “David Levy’s Evening Stars.” There are also August’s “The Sky this Month” and five “Ask Astro” questions.

Related:

Astronomy.com's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission page

Astronomy.com blog : Daniel Pendick, Rich Talcott

August 2009 web extras for magazine subscribers