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Private Lunar Telescope to Offer Views of Earth and Space Online

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SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 29, 2013 — The first privately sponsored telescope, set to launch to the moon in 2015, will pioneer an era of global space research, enabling the public to access images from the surface of the moon on the Internet. The International Lunar Observatory precursor telescope (ILO-X), designed and built under an International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) contract by Moon Express Inc. of Silicon Valley, will capture never-before-seen images of the galaxies, stars, planets, moon and Earth that will be accessible to educators, researchers and the general public in an experiment to democratize...Read full article

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    Published: May 2013
    AmericasAsia-PacificBob RichardsBusinessCaliforniaCanadaChang’e 3ChinaChinese Academy of SciencesHawaiiILO-1 missionILO-XILOAImagingInternational Lunar Observatory AssociationInternational Lunar Observatory precursorLunar Broadcasting of Space Calendarlunar landerMoon ExpressNAOCNational Astronomical ObservatoriesSpace Age PublishingSteve Durst

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