In order to design a maneuver to enable Terra's instruments to detect the Moon, a knowledge of the Moon's motions around the Earth is necessary. A particularly important effect of the Moon's revolution around the Earth is the Moon's phase, or the angle between the direction of the observation of the Moon from the Earth or from near Earth orbit and the direction of illumination of the Moon by the Sun.
Information about the moon can be found at
The following links are provided by the Terra competition team.
The Terra Home Page http://terra.nasa.gov
The Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov (see the Terra section in the Mission Control room)
On-orbit maneuvers (rolling, pitching, or yawing) of the satellite
